anapest
A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |A metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |: In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
Meaning
3 sensesA metrical foot of three syllables of the shape | ⏖ – |:
In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
Anapäst
ана́пестanápest
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
In quantitative metre, a foot with two short syllables followed by a long final syllable.
An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.
Anapäst
ана́пестanápest
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [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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Forms
plural: anapestsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables:anapaest
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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