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, adjective an·a·pes·ti·cal·ly, an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby anapest
ananias,
anankastic personality,
ananke,
ananthous,
anapaest,
anapest,
anaphase,
anaphia,
anaphora,
anaphoresis,
anaphoria