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anapest

ana·pest

UK/ˈæ.nə.piːst/ US/ˈæ.nə.pɛst/ uncommon

noun

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a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

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From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).

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