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Amphibrach meaning in English

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Amphibrach

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Noun

1. amphibrach

a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., remember')

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Amphibrach

see synonyms of amphibrach
noun
prosody
a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
Compare cretic

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Amphibrach

see synonyms of amphibrach
noun
a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable between two short ones, or, in English verse, of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones (Ex.: |ĕxplósiŏn|)

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Amphibrach

see synonyms of amphibrach
n.
A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember.

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