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Anapestic

adjective
1.
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.  Synonym: anapaestic.






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"Anapestic" Quotes from Famous Books



... are in rhyme, and that of the very worst description for elocutionary effect. It is the anapestic, like, as Hannah More remarks, "A cobbler there was, and he lived ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, - Issue 282, November 10, 1827 • Various



Words linked to "Anapestic" :   anapaestic, anapest



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