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A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
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anapaest
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An anapaest (also spelled anapæst or anapest , also called antidactylus ) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry . In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one; in accentual stress meters it consists of two ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anapaest \An`a*p[ae]st\, Anapaestic \An`a*p[ae]s"tic\ Same as Anapest , Anapestic .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) (alternative form of anapest English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: anapest ]
Usage examples of anapaest.
I do not find these anapaests in the Elizabethan or in the seventeenthcentury poets, or most rarely.