ANAPESTS

Noun

anapests

plural of anapest

Anagrams

• Pestanas, peasants

Source: Wiktionary


ANAPEST

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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