Home › Words › P › partheniacpartheniacpartheniac · adj — of or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter; anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiac.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden; virgin”) + -ac.adjof or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter; anapestic dimeter catalectic, paroemiacof or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter; anapestic trimeter hypercatalecticof or pertaining to some form of irregular anapestic meter; anapestic tetrameter catalecticnouna line of partheniac meterDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).