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mh

3rd December 2010, 20:57
Several feet for French person to contain wastage(7)M?L?S?I. Molossi, ie 'moi' to contain 'loss', fits the wordplay, but I can only find a dog breed and ancient Greeks for the definition!
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ixion

3rd December 2010, 21:06
[lowercase; pl. molossi (-ī).] In classical pros., a foot of three long syllables.
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ixion

3rd December 2010, 21:07
Above defn for molossus
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mh

3rd December 2010, 21:17
Thanks ixion - sorry to have wasted your time, I forgot to check my dictionaries!
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