anapest

anapest has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests.
• n.. A verse composed of such feet.
• n.. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables