Anapestic
əˌpɛst noun Prosody.
a 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.
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin anapaestus < 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
1580–90; < Latin anapaestus < 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
Related forms
an·a·pes·tic, an·a·paes·tic, adjective
an·a·pes·ti·cal·ly, an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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anapaest or anapest (ˈænəpɛst, -piːst, ˈænəpɛst, -piːst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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] | |
| anapest or anapest | |
| —n | |
| [C17: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike] | |
| ana'paestic or anapest | |
| —adj | |
| ana'pestic or anapest | |
| —adj | |
| anapaest or anapest (ˈænəpɛst, -piːst, ˈænəpɛst, -piːst) | |
| —n | |
| 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] | |
| anapest or anapest | |
| —n | |
| [C17: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike] | |
| ana'paestic or anapest | |
| —adj | |
| ana'pestic or anapest | |
| —adj | |
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