anapest
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anapaistos, “reversed”), from ἀνά (ana, “back”) + παίω (paiō, “I strike”).
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- IPA: /ˈænəpɛst/
- Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest
[edit] Noun
anapest (plural anapests)
- (US, prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g the word "velveteen").
- (US, prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” (Dr Seuss aka Theodor Geisel).
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metrical foot
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[edit] Noun
anapest m. (Cyrillic spelling анапест)
