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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•pest or an•a•paest/ˈænəˌpɛst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Poetrya three-syllable foot in poetry having two unaccented syllables (short beats) followed by one accented syllable (long beat).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•pest (an′ə pest′),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]- Poetrya foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce. Also, an′a•paest′.
- Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent. to ana- ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix
- Latin anapaestus
- 1580–90
an′a•pes′tic, an′a•paes′tic, adj. an′a•pes′ti•cal•ly, an′a•paes′ti•cal•ly, adv. |