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Anapaestic

adjective
1.
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.  Synonym: anapestic.





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"Anapaestic" Quotes from Famous Books



... different kinds of verses are named Trochaic, Iambic, Dactylic, Anapaestic, according to the foot which forms ...
— New Latin Grammar • Charles E. Bennett
... The scheme is distinctly anapaestic and Mr. Lyall (Translations of Ancient Arabic Poetry) compares with a cognate metre, the Tawil, certain ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Anapaestic" :   anapaest


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