"anapest" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anapest.wav Forms: anapests [plural], anapaest [alternative], anapæst [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|anapaestus}} Latin anapaestus, {{der|en|grc|ἀνάπαιστος||struck back, reversed 􂀿relative to dactyl􂁀}} Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} anapest (plural anapests)
  1. (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed. Categories (topical): Prosody
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  2. (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long. Categories (topical): Prosody
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  3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. Categories (topical): Prosody Translations (verse using this meter): anapest [masculine] (Dutch), Anapäst [masculine] (German), anaipéist [feminine] (Irish), anapest [masculine] (Polish), anapesto [masculine] (Portuguese), ана́пест (anápest) [masculine] (Russian), ана̀пест [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anàpest [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antidactylus Derived forms: anapestic, anapestical Translations (metrical foot): ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), անապեստ (anapest) (Armenian), վերջատանջ (verǰatanǰ) (Armenian), anapest [masculine] (Catalan), anapest [masculine] (Czech), anapest [common-gender] (Danish), anapest [masculine] (Dutch), øvutur tríliður [masculine] (Faroese), anapesti (Finnish), anapeste [masculine] (French), Anapäst [masculine] (German), ανάπαιστος (anápaistos) [masculine] (Greek), anapesto (Ido), anaipéist [feminine] (Irish), anapaestus [masculine] (Latin), anapest [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), anapest [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), anapest [masculine] (Polish), antydaktyl [masculine] (Polish), anapesto [masculine] (Portuguese), ана́пест (anápest) [masculine] (Russian), ана̀пест [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anàpest [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anapesto [masculine] (Spanish), anapest [common-gender] (Swedish)
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    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "verse using this meter",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anàpest"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dr. Seuss",
    "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
  ],
  "word": "anapest"
}

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