1. plural of monopody: a metrical foot consisting of a single syllable
Usage: prosody; technical

Examples

• The poet used several monopodies to create emphasis in the verse.
• Monopodies are rare in English poetry but common in classical meters.
• The line contained three monopodies followed by an iamb.
• Students struggled to identify the monopodies in the scansion exercise.
• The metrical pattern included both monopodies and dipodies.