anapest

or an·a·paest

[ an-uh-pest ]

/ ˈæn əˌpɛst /

noun Prosody.

a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.

Origin of anapest

1580–90; <Latin anapaestus<Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent to ana-ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM anapest

an·a·pes·tic, an·a·paes·tic, adjectivean·a·pes·ti·cal·ly, an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby anapest

Ananias, anankastic personality, Ananke, ananthous, anapaest, anapest, anaphase, anaphia, anaphora, anaphoresis, anaphoria

Example sentences from the Web for anapest

An Anapest is a three-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
“Anapest” comes from a Greek verb which means “strike back”; an anapest is a reversed dactyl.
Practical English Composition: Book II.|Edwin L. Miller
This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
But Voltaire now quit the anapest and dactyl and devoted his best hours to taking fencing lessons.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8|Elbert Hubbard

The trochee and the dactyl are interchangeable; and the iambus and the anapest are interchangeable.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

单词	anapest
释义	anapest or an·a·paest [ an-uh-pest ] / ˈæn əˌpɛst / noun Prosody. a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce. Origin of anapest 1580–90; <Latin anapaestus<Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent to ana-ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix OTHER WORDS FROM anapest an·a·pes·tic, an·a·paes·tic, adjectivean·a·pes·ti·cal·ly, an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby anapest Ananias, anankastic personality, Ananke, ananthous, anapaest, anapest, anaphase, anaphia, anaphora, anaphoresis, anaphoria Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anapest An Anapest is a three-syllable foot accented on the last syllable. English: Composition and Literature\|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster “Anapest” comes from a Greek verb which means “strike back”; an anapest is a reversed dactyl. Practical English Composition: Book II.\|Edwin L. Miller This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest. English: Composition and Literature\|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster But Voltaire now quit the anapest and dactyl and devoted his best hours to taking fencing lessons. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8\|Elbert Hubbard The trochee and the dactyl are interchangeable; and the iambus and the anapest are interchangeable. English: Composition and Literature\|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
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