Find the word definition

Crossword clues for anapaestic

anapaestic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anapaestic

Anapaest \An`a*p[ae]st\, Anapaestic \An`a*p[ae]s"tic\ Same as Anapest, Anapestic.

Wiktionary
anapaestic

a. (alternative spelling of anapestic English) n. (alternative spelling of anapestic English)

WordNet
anapaestic

adj. (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one [syn: anapestic]

Usage examples of "anapaestic".

She cried a couplet in anapaestic monometer with implied rhyme: "There are stars In my shoe.

His business was to carol of the most vapid and obvious sentiment, and to string flowers, fruits, trees, breeze, sorrow, to-morrow, knights, coal-black steeds, regret, deception, and so forth, into fervid anapaestics.