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Anapestic
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1. anapaestic, anapestic
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one
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Anapestic
see synonyms of anapesticnoun
prosody
a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (◡ ◡ –)
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Anapestic
see synonyms of anapesticn.
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.
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