anapest
noun
an·a·pest ˈa-nə-ˌpest 
: a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable or of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (such as unaware)
anapestic
ˌa-nə-ˈpe-stik
adjective or noun 
Word History
Etymology
Latin anapaestus, from Greek anapaistos, literally, struck back (a dactyl reversed), from ana- + -paistos, verbal of paiein to strike
First Known Use
1596, in the meaning defined above
- deprenyl
- depress
- depressant
- depressants
- depressed
- depressed arch
- depressed center car
- depressed well car
- depresses
- depressibility
- depressible
- depressing
- depressingly
- depression
- Depression glass
- depression of the dew point
- depression slide
- depression spring
- depressional
- depressionary
- depressions
- depressive
- depressively
- depressivenesses
- depressives