Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLY-CO'NI-AN, or GLY-CON'IC
GLY-CO'NI-AN, or GLY-CON'IC, a. [Low L. glyconium.]
Denoting a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry, consisting of three feet, a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhich; as, glyconic measure. Johnson.
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