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anapaest (iou)



anapaest noun. Also *anapest. Also (earlier) in Latin form anapestus, anapaestus. L16.
[Latin anapaestus from Greek anapaistos reversed, formed as ANA- + paiein to strike: so called because it is the reverse of a dactyl.]
Prosody.
A foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable or, in English etc., of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. L16.
A verse composed of or containing such feet. M19.