trochee

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).

1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.

   “‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’”