alcaic

adjective

al·​ca·​ic al-ˈkā-ik 

often capitalized

: relating to or written in a verse or strophe marked by complicated variation of a dominant iambic pattern

alcaic noun often capitalized

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin Alcaicus, borrowed from Greek Alkaïkós "of Alcaeus" (Greek poet of Lesbos, flourished ca. 600 b.c., credited with introducing such a verse form), from Alkaîos + -ikos -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above