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Anapest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anapest? [n] a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anapest: anapaest Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anapest: accent \| accentuation \| Alexandrine \| amphibrach \| amphimacer \| anacrusis \| antispast \| arsis \| bacchius \| beat \| cadence \| caesura \| catalexis \| chloriamb \| chloriambus \| colon \| counterpoint \| cretic \| dactyl \| dactylic hexameter \| diaeresis \| dimeter \| dipody \| dochmiac \| elegiac \| elegiac couplet \| elegiac pentameter \| emphasis \| epitrite \| feminine caesura \| foot \| heptameter \| heptapody \| heroic couplet \| hexameter \| hexapody \| iamb \| iambic \| iambic pentameter \| ictus \| ionic \| jingle \| lilt \| masculine caesura \| measure \| meter \| metrical accent \| metrical foot \| metrical group \| metrical unit \| metron \| molossus \| mora \| movement \| numbers \| paeon \| pentameter \| pentapody \| period \| proceleusmatic \| pyrrhic \| quantity \| rhythm \| spondee \| sprung rhythm \| stress \| swing \| syzygy \| tetrameter \| tetrapody \| tetraseme \| thesis \| tribrach \| trimeter \| tripody \| triseme \| trochee See Also \| foot \| metrical foot \| metrical unit Anapest In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Anapest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anapest?

[n] a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anapest: anapaest

See Also | foot | metrical foot | metrical unit

Anapest In Webster's Dictionary

\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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