Dictionary Entry
arsis
arsis is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
- 2noun
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
- 3noun
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
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