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Anapest meaning
In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed. | In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long. | A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.
Synonyms of Anapest
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Example sentences (1)
The most common characteristic feet of English verse are the iamb in two syllables and the anapest in three.