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ananias |
anantherous |
ananthous |
anapæst |
anapæstic |
anapaest
| anapaestic
| anapest
| anapestic
| anapestical
| anaphalis
anapaest
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun anapaest has 1 sense
- anapaest(n = noun.communication) anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables; Array is a kind of foot, metrical foot, metrical unit
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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