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Noun: anapest  'a-nu,pest
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: anapaest)
  1. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    - anapaest [Brit]

Derived forms: anapests

Type of: foot, metrical foot, metrical unit

Encyclopedia: Anapest

Nearest

anamorphic
anamorphism
anamorphosis
ananas
Ananas
Ananas comosus
anancasm
Ananias
anapaest
anapaestic
anapest
anapestic
Anaphalis
Anaphalis margaritacea
anaphase
anaphasic
anaphor
anaphora
anaphoric
anaphoric pronoun
anaphoric relation