Definition of Glyconic

1. a. Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.

Definition of Glyconic

1. Adjective. (obsolete chemistry) aldaric ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glyconic

1. a type of verse line [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glyconic

1. A glyconic verse. Origin: Gr. A kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glyconic

glycolylneuraminic
glycolyls
glycolylurea
glycolyses
glycolysis
glycolytic
glycolyze
glycome
glycomes
glycometabolism
glycomic
glycomics
glycone
glyconeogenesis
glycones
glyconic (current term)
glyconic acid
glyconic acids
glyconics
glyconin
glycopenia
glycopeptidase
glycopeptide
glycopeptide alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase
glycopeptides
glycopeptidomimetic
glycophilia
glycophorin
glycophorins
glycophosphatidylinositol

Literary usage of Glyconic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A book of Greek verse by Walter George Headlam (1907)
"In the conclusion of the Sapphic stanza we get both these forms of close overlapping, or telescoped, as it were, into the preceding line : glyconic opening ..."

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