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spondee

Syllabification: (spon·dee)

Pronunciation: /ˈspändē/

Definition of spondee

noun

Prosody

a foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek spondeios (pous) '(foot) of a libation', from spondē 'libation' (being characteristic of music accompanying libations)