anapaestanapestn.

Brit.

/ˈanəpiːst/,

/ˈanəpɛst/, U.S.

/ˈænəˌpɛst/

Forms:

α. 1500s anapestus, 1500s–1600s anapaestus.

β. 1500s– anapest (now chiefly U.S.), 1600s– anapaest.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin anapaestus, anapaestum.

Etymology: < classical Latin anapaestus (also anapaestum) anapaestic line or verse, use as noun of masculine (or neuter) of anapaestus consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one < Hellenistic Greek ἀνάπαιστος struck back, reversed, already in ancient Greek as noun, denoting an anapaestic foot, also ἀνάπαιστα (neuter plural), denoting anapaestic verse < ἀνα- ana- prefix + παίειν to strike, of unknown origin + -τος, suffix forming verbal nouns.Compare Middle French, French anapeste (a1585 as adjective (originally in pied anapeste), 1671 as noun), Spanish anapesto (1490), Portuguese anapesto (1635), Italian anapesto (14th cent.).

Prosody.

1. In classical prosody: a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable. Also (in modern prosody): a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > anapaest

anapaest1586

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Anapæstus, of two shorte, and one long.

1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxx. sig. B6^v Their feet an Anapest do sound: An Anapest is all theyr musicks song, Whose first two feet are short, & third is long.

1684 R. Gower Censure upon Lilly's Gram. 63 Hor[ace] can make a dactyl of an anapaest.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 222 French heroic verse, which consists of four regular anapests.

1885 J. Lecky in Philol. Soc. Proc. p. v Varieties of metre were caused..by altering the division and coalescence of pulses, as in passing from dactyl to anapest.

1992 Matrix Fall 47/2 Layton was counting his syllables, he was measuring out iambs and anapests.

2007 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 16 Dec. (New Rev. section) 43 O'Brien's writing gallops where it might have wallowed—not least because of his fondness for the anapaest.

2. Chiefly in classical poetry: a verse composed of or containing anapaests (sense 1).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > anapaest > verse of anapaests

anapaestic1602

anapaest1663

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian 4 Sometimes speaking in Anapæsts [Gk. ἀναπαίστοις μέτροις]; it scoft at those who studied Dialogue, calling them men of anxious Contemplations.

1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller Ded. p. iii What criticisms have we not heard of late in favour of blank verse, and Pindaric odes, chorusses, anapests and iambics, alliterative care, and happy negligence.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vii. 572 The scanty fragments remaining to us of his elegies and anapæsts.

1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. No attempt is made to render the famous anapaests of the Parabasis.

2016 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 136 200/2 Part of the Suppliants' opening anapaests reads: ‘In leaving that land of Zeus, [etc.]’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anapaest
释义	anapaestanapestn. Brit. /ˈanəpiːst/, /ˈanəpɛst/, U.S. /ˈænəˌpɛst/ Forms: α. 1500s anapestus, 1500s–1600s anapaestus. β. 1500s– anapest (now chiefly U.S.), 1600s– anapaest. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin anapaestus, anapaestum. Etymology: < classical Latin anapaestus (also anapaestum) anapaestic line or verse, use as noun of masculine (or neuter) of anapaestus consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one < Hellenistic Greek ἀνάπαιστος struck back, reversed, already in ancient Greek as noun, denoting an anapaestic foot, also ἀνάπαιστα (neuter plural), denoting anapaestic verse < ἀνα- ana- prefix + παίειν to strike, of unknown origin + -τος, suffix forming verbal nouns.Compare Middle French, French anapeste (a1585 as adjective (originally in pied anapeste), 1671 as noun), Spanish anapesto (1490), Portuguese anapesto (1635), Italian anapesto (14th cent.). Prosody. 1. In classical prosody: a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable. Also (in modern prosody): a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > anapaest anapaest1586 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. G.iiii Anapæstus, of two shorte, and one long. 1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxx. sig. B6^v Their feet an Anapest do sound: An Anapest is all theyr musicks song, Whose first two feet are short, & third is long. 1684 R. Gower Censure upon Lilly's Gram. 63 Hor[ace] can make a dactyl of an anapaest. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 222 French heroic verse, which consists of four regular anapests. 1885 J. Lecky in Philol. Soc. Proc. p. v Varieties of metre were caused..by altering the division and coalescence of pulses, as in passing from dactyl to anapest. 1992 Matrix Fall 47/2 Layton was counting his syllables, he was measuring out iambs and anapests. 2007 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 16 Dec. (New Rev. section) 43 O'Brien's writing gallops where it might have wallowed—not least because of his fondness for the anapaest. 2. Chiefly in classical poetry: a verse composed of or containing anapaests (sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > anapaest > verse of anapaests anapaestic1602 anapaest1663 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian 4 Sometimes speaking in Anapæsts [Gk. ἀναπαίστοις μέτροις]; it scoft at those who studied Dialogue, calling them men of anxious Contemplations. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller Ded. p. iii What criticisms have we not heard of late in favour of blank verse, and Pindaric odes, chorusses, anapests and iambics, alliterative care, and happy negligence. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. vii. 572 The scanty fragments remaining to us of his elegies and anapæsts. 1924 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. No attempt is made to render the famous anapaests of the Parabasis. 2016 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 136 200/2 Part of the Suppliants' opening anapaests reads: ‘In leaving that land of Zeus, [etc.]’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1586
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