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Word: Anapaest
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos ‘reversed’, from ana- ‘back’ + paiein ‘strike’ (because it is the reverse of a dactyl)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanəpiːst
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanapɛst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
Short Definition:metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable
Variant Forms:
- anapest
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