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anapest

DEFINITIONS OF: anapest

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n a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Synonyms:
anapaest
Type of:
foot, metrical foot, metrical unit
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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