Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHO-RE'US
CHOR-E-PIS'CO-PALCHOR'I-AMB, or CHOR-I-AM'BUS
CHO-RE'US, n. [Gr. χορειος.]
In ancient poetry, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short; the trochee.
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