anapests

Meaning of anapests

plural noun

a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.

late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos ‘reversed’, from ana- ‘back’ + paiein ‘strike’ (because it is the reverse of a dactyl).

Information about anapests

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of anapests is: anapest.
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Hyphenation of anapests

anapests

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • anapests is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of anapests

peasants

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