anapæst
UK/ˈæn.ə.pɛst/
anapæst is the archaic form of anapest.
Meaning of anapest
Noun
anapest (plural anapests)
- In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
- Synonyms:
- antidactyl, antidactylus
- In quantitative metre, a foot with two short syllables followed by a long final syllable.
- Synonyms:
- antidactyl, antidactylus
- An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.
- Synonyms:
- antidactyl, antidactylus
Forms of anapæst
| plural | anapæsts |
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Words that rhyme with anapæst
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- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- northwest
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
Questions about anapæst
- What is anapæst the archaic form of?
- Anapæst is the archaic form of anapest.
- How do you pronounce anapæst?
- Anapæst is pronounced /ˈæn.ə.pɛst/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anapæst (page history and authors); anapest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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