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cretic

Pronunciation: /ˈkriːtɪk/

Definition of cretic

noun

Prosody
  • a metrical foot containing one short or unstressed syllable between two long or stressed ones.

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin Creticus, from Greek Krētikos, from Krētē 'Crete'

cretic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cretic in the US English dictionary