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strophical en · ADJ

Etymology

From strophe + -ical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Composed of strophes.
    • I now purpose to consider the strophical organization of the trimeter poems. 1886, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, page 152:
    • The Psalmist is feeling after strophical form, but he does not bind himself to it. 1931, D. C. Simpson, Walter Lock, Westminster Commentaries - Volume 19, Part 1, page IV:
    • When he wishes to mark an important word, he does so by giving it two or three notes, or a striking harmony; but rarely departs from the concise strophical form. 1883, George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians: (A.D. 1450-1880), page 627: