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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. Ă©pitrite.] (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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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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