anapest
Množina: anapests
ETYM Latin anapaestus, Greek, an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; from ana back + plessein to strike.
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A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables; SYN. anapaest.
Two short metrical syllables followed by one long one.
Metrical foot of two short syllables followed by one long syllable.
anandrous · anapaest · anapaestic · anapaestus · anapest · anapestus · anaphase · anaphora · anaphoric · anaphorical · anaphorically