Meaning of ANAPEST
| Pronunciation: | | 'anu`pest
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[n] a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
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ANAPEST is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | anapaest |
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| | See Also: | | foot, metrical foot, metrical unit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An"a*pest\, n. [L. anapaestus, Gr. ? an anapest, i.e.,
a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. ?; ? back
+ ? to strike.]
1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the
first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented
([crescent] [crescent] -); the reverse of the dactyl. In
Latin d[e^]-[i^]-t[=a]s, and in English in-ter-vene", are
examples of anapests.
2. A verse composed of such feet.
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