Kata bahasa Indonesia
English word
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- anapaest(n = noun.communication) anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables;
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. (US anapest) Prosody a foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
Derivative
anapaestic adj.
Etymology
L anapaestus f. Gk anapaistos reversed (because the reverse of a dactyl)