Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anapestic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anapestic \An`a*pes"tic\, a. [L. anapaesticus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an
anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or
verse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anapestic
adj : (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables
followed by a long one [syn: {anapaestic}]
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