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anapaest Definition


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anapaest
noun
    1. In verse: a metrical foot that consists of two short or unstressed syllables followed by a long or stressed one.
Derivative: anapaestic
adj
    Etymology: 16c: from Greek anapaistos, literally ‘reversed', because this kind of foot is the reverse of the dactyl.



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