anapest
pronunciation
How to pronounce anapest in British English:
UK ['ænəpest]
How to pronounce anapest in American English:
US ['ænəpest]
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- Noun:
- a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Word Origin
- anapest (n.)
- also anapaest, "two short syllables followed by a long one," 1670s, from Latin anapestus, from Greek anapaistos "struck back, rebounding," verbal adjective from anapaiein "to strike back," from ana- "back" (see ana-) + paiein "to strike," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (see pave). So called because it reverses the dactyl.