Anapaestic
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 British standard spelling of anapestic.
- 1 British standard spelling of anapestic. not-comparable
"The public has referred the question to Time: the procedure of this great king I venture to describe, from precedents, by an adaptation of some smart anapaestic tetrameters--your anapaest is the foot for satire to halt on, both in Greek and English--which I read about twenty years ago, and with the point of which I was much tickled."
- 1 (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"The public has referred the question to Time: the procedure of this great king I venture to describe, from precedents, by an adaptation of some smart anapaestic tetrameters--your anapaest is the foot for satire to halt on, both in Greek and English--which I read about twenty years ago, and with the point of which I was much tickled."
Etymology
From Latin anapaesticus. By surface analysis, anapaest + -ic.
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