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anapaestenUK
an·a·pest also an·a·paest A0280600 (ăn′ə-pĕst′)n.1. A metrical foot composed of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented one, as in the word seventeen.2. A metrical foot in quantitative verse composed of two short syllables followed by one long one.
[Latin anapaestus, from Greek anapaistos : ana-, ana- + paiein, pais-, to strike (so called because an anapest is a reversed dactyl); see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
an′a·pes′tic adj.anapaest (ˈænəpɛst; -piːst) or anapestn (Poetry) prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (˘˘¯)[C17: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike] ˌanaˈpaestic, ˌanaˈpestic, ˌanaˈpaestical adjThesaurus| Noun | 1. | anapaest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllablesanapestmetrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
TranslationsanapaestenUK
Related to anapaest: anapestSynonyms for anapaestnoun a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllablesSynonymsRelated Words- metrical foot
- metrical unit
- foot
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