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Showing words for CRETIC using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Cretic

cretic

5 Letter Words for Cretic

cerci, ceric, cetic, cicer, circe, citer, recit, recti, ticer, trice

4 Letter Words for Cretic

cert, ceti, circ, cire, cite, cric, crit, eric, etic, icer, iter, rect, reit, rice, rite, tice, tier, tire, trie

3 Letter Words for Cretic

cer, cie, cir, cit, crc, crt, cte, ctr, ecc, ect, eir, ert, etc, ice, ire, rct, rec, rei, rie, rit, rte, rti, tec, ter, tic, tie, tri

Definitions for Cretic

[1] a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is long, short, long in quantitative meter, or stressed, unstressed, stressed in accentual meter, as anodyne, an accentual amphimacer.
[2] prosody a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –) Also called: amphimacer Compare amphibrach
[3] prosody another word for cretic

Words nearby Cretic

amphimaceramphigenous, amphigory, amphigouri, amphikaryon, amphilochus, amphimacer, amphimarus, amphimixis, amphinome, amphinomus, amphion

Origin of Cretic

amphimacer1580–90; < Latin amphimacrus < Greek amphímakros long at both ends. See amphi-, macro-; cf. amphibrach

Word origin for Cretic

amphimacerC16: from Latin amphimacrus, from Greek amphimakros both ends being long, from amphi- + makros long