n. [ L. Creticus (sc. pes foot), Gr. Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan (metrical) foot. ] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- ˘ -). Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
(adj) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections, Syn. syncretistical, syncretistic, syncretical, Example:modern English is a syncretic language