Category:Priapean

Pri`a*pe"an, n. Etym: [cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to priapus.] (lat. Pros.)

Defn: a species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible Into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in The first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- Applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to Be divisible into two portions of three feet each. Andrews.