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anapæstic, a. and n.|ænəˈpɛstɪk, -ˈiːstɪk|
[ad. L. anapæstic-us, a. Gr. ἀναπαιστικός: see prec. and -ic.]
A. adj. Composed of anapæsts.
1699Bentley Phal. iii. (T.) I had started a new observation about the measures of the anapestick verse. 1749Numbers in Poet. Comp. 58 To make the whole Line purely Anapæstic, thus: ĭn thĕir trīplĕ Dĕgrēes; ănd thĕ Rēgiŏns, tŏ whīch. 1847Grote Greece III. xxix. 66 Tyrtæus..employed the Anapæstic metre.
B. n. Verses containing anapæstic feet.
1699Bentley Phal. iii. (T.) Several seeming examples where an anapestick is terminated with a trochee. 1749Numbers in Poet. Comp. 58 The rapid Flow of Anapæstics, is..most contrary to the stately Movement of Iambics. |