A metrical unit with unstressed unstressed stressed syllables
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d--t'bes, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.
Noun
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
n.
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first
two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the
reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#,
are examples of anapests.
n.
A verse composed of such feet.
Anapest
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d--t'bes, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.
Usage Examples
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