anapest
noun/ˈæ.nə.piːst/ · /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/
Etymology From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.
- Synonyms
- antidactylus
- Derived terms
- anapestic, anapestical