Anapest Moderate

Anapest has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

anapest anapaest

In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").

See Also

meter antidactylus anapests tetrasemic metrical interrupt foot metrical foot

Related Terms

meter antidactylus anapests tetrasemic metrical interrupt foot metrical foot velveteen syllable dactyl anapestic

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

metrical foot

Rhyming Words

est nest gest fest pest jest cest hest test best rest vest lest west zest diest wrest krest ovest agest

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