an·a·pest also an·a·paest (ănə-pěst)
n.
► A metrical foot composed of two short syllables followed by one long one, as in the word seventeen.
► A line of verse using this meter; for example, “’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house” (Clement Clarke Moore).

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anapest
[Latin anapaestus, from Greek anapaistos : ana-, ana- + paiein, pais-, to strike (so called because an anapest is a reversed dactyl); see pau-² in Indo-European Roots.]

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anapest
ana·pestic adj.

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