Pros. Also 6 chore. [Corresp. to mod.F. chorée, ad. L. chorēus, a. Gr. χορεῖος a., pertaining to a dance, sb. a choree or trochee.] The metrical foot more commonly called TROCHEE, consisting of a long syllable followed by a short one. Hence Choreic a., characterized by chorees.
1586. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetrie (Arb.), 81. Thys verse consisteth of … one Chore, one spondæ, one dactyl, and two Choreis.
1883. Jebb, Œdipus Tyrannus, Introd. p. lxxii. The metrical basis of the rhythm is the choree (or ‘trochee’). Ibid., note. The essential difference between choreic and logaoedic rhythm is that of ictus.
