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Word: anapest (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • US|prosody A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. ?Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!? ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Seuss Dr Seuss] aka Theodor Geisel).
  • US|prosody A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g the word "velveteen").

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