antibacchius

[an-ti-buh-kahy-uhs]

an·ti·bac·chi·us

[an-ti-buh-kahy-uhs]
noun, plural an·ti·bac·chi·i [-kahy-ahy, -kahy-ee] . Prosody.
a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of two long syllables followed by a short one, and that in accentual meter consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one.
Compare bacchius.


Origin:
1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek antibákcheios. See anti-, bacchius

an·ti·bac·chic [an-ti-bak-ik] , adjective
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Antibacchius has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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