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dactylic

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?.]
   Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as,
   dactylic verses.

Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n.
   1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these
      lines are dactylics.

   2. pl. Dactylic meters.

Source : WordNet®

dactylic
     adj : of or consisting of dactyls; "dactylic meter"
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