adjective
- relating to or consisting of a tribrach, a metrical foot of three short syllables
Usage: prosody; technical
Examples
- The tribrachic meter created a rapid, flowing rhythm in the verse.
- Classical poets occasionally used tribrachic feet for special effects.
- The tribrachic pattern appears rarely in English poetry.
- Students of prosody must learn to identify tribrachic substitutions.
- The tribrachic foot consists of three unstressed syllables in succession.