ANAPAEST; ANAPAESTIC
An`a*pæst, An`a*pæs"tic.
Defn: Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
ANAPEST An"a*pest, n. Etym: [L. anapaestus, Gr. i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr.
1. (Pros.)
Defn: 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, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.
2. A verse composed of such feet.
ANAPESTIC
An`a*pes"tic, a. Etym: [L. anapaesticus, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. — n.
Defn: Anapestic measure or verse.
ANAPESTICAL
An`a*pes"tic*al, a.