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anapests

Syllables: an·a·pests/ˈæn.ə.pɛsts/

anapests is the plural 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

Questions about anapests

What is anapests the plural of?
Anapests is the plural of anapest.
How do you pronounce anapests?
Anapests is pronounced /ˈæn.ə.pɛsts/.

Words near anapests in the dictionary

  1. anapestical
  2. anapestically
  3. anapestick
  4. anapesticks
  5. anapestics
  6. anapests
  7. anaphalantiasis
  8. anaphase
  9. anaphase-promoting complex
  10. anaphase-promoting complexes
  11. anaphases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anapests (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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