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anapaest

Syllables: an·a·paest/ˈæ.nə.piːst/

anapaest is the alternative form of anapest.

Meaning of anapest

Noun

anapest (plural anapests)

  1. In qualitative metre, a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed final syllable.
    Synonyms:
    antidactyl, antidactylus
  2. In quantitative metre, a foot with two short syllables followed by a long final syllable.
    Synonyms:
    antidactyl, antidactylus
  3. (transferred sense) An excerpt of poetry or verse using this metre.
    Synonyms:
    antidactyl, antidactylus

Forms of anapaest

pluralanapaests

Words formed from anapaest

Questions about anapaest

What is anapaest the alternative form of?
Anapaest is the alternative form of anapest.
How do you pronounce anapaest?
Anapaest is pronounced /ˈæ.nə.piːst/.

Words near anapaest in the dictionary

  1. ananyms
  2. Ananyā
  3. Anao
  4. anaortic
  5. Anapa
  6. anapaest
  7. anapaestic
  8. anapaestical
  9. anapaestically
  10. anapaestics
  11. anapaests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anapaest (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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