Site Map | FAQ

• Editor's Favorites
  • Answerplease: A new Q & A site
  • Black History Month
  • Valentine's Day
  • 2011 Year in Review
  • Campaign 2012
  • Country Profiles
  • Most Populous Cities of the World
  • Holidays in America
  • 50 States
  • Conversion Calculator
  • Color Psychology
  • Top 50 U.S. Cities
  • Infoplease's Facebook page
  • Follow Infoplease on Twitter

 

Dictionary

bac•chi•us

Pronunciation: (bu-kī'us, ba-), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -chi•iPronunciation: (-kī'ī). [key] Pros.
a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed ones. Cf. antibacchius.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Bacchic

Bacchus

• • Cite
  • Print
  • Email
  • Bookmark
    • Add bookmark
    • Add to del.icio.us
    • Digg It!
    • Add to Reddit

Related Content Daily Word Quiz: excoriate Analogy of the Day: Today's Analogy Spelling Bee: Today's Spelling Bee Kids' Word Quiz: stellar Crossword: Crossword Puzzle Guide Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language

Find definitions for: