ANAPEST

anapest, anapaest

(noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

anapest (plural anapests)

(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g, the word "interrupt").

(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g, the word "velveteen").

(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.

Synonyms

• antidactylus

Anagrams

• Patanes, Pestana, patenas, peasant

Source: Wiktionary

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An"a*pest, n. Etym: [L. anapaestus, Gr. i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr.

1. (Pros.)

Definition: A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.

2. A verse composed of such feet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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