anapaests
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anapaests noun
- In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
- In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
- A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.
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