anapaest

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Noun
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an=a=paest

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun anapaest has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anapaest, n. (US anapest) Prosody a foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.

Derivative
anapaestic adj.
Etymology
L anapaestus f. Gk anapaistos reversed (because the reverse of a dactyl)

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