Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
EPITRITE
Etymology
Noun
epitrite (plural epitrites)
(poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Anagrams
• piretite
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"i*trite, n. Etym: [Gr. i. e., , or in the ratio of 4 to 3); epitritos, F. épitrite.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
Definition: A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Note: It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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