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anacruses

anacruses is the plural of anacrusis.

Meaning of anacrusis

Noun

anacrusis (plural anacruses)

  1. An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
  2. An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
    • Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.1989, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron

Questions about anacruses

What is anacruses the plural of?
Anacruses is the plural of anacrusis.

Words near anacruses in the dictionary

  1. anacronyms
  2. anacrophore
  3. anacrophores
  4. anacrotic
  5. anacrotism
  6. anacruses
  7. anacrusic
  8. anacrusis
  9. anacrustic
  10. anacrustically
  11. anacusia

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