Spondee

[spɒndi:]

(noun.) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.

Checked by Groves--From WordNet

(n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.

Typist: Vance

n. in classical poetry a foot of two long syllables as fātō.—adjs. Spondā′ic -al pertaining to or consisting of spondees.

Editor: Vlad