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Anapaest

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Word	Definition
anapestnoun	(prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.

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Word	Definition
anapestnoun	(prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
anapaestic	British standard spelling of anapestic.
pentametrenoun	Alternative form of pentameter. [(poetry, countable) A line in a poem having five metrical feet.]
tetrametrenoun	Alternative form of tetrameter. [(poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.]
asymmetrical meternoun	Alternative form of asymmetric meter. [(music) meter with an irregular pulse (usually with the top number of the time signature being 5, 7, 11, etc.).]
anacreonticnoun	Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
synapheianoun	(prosody) Alternative form of synaphea. [(prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.]
trissyllablenoun	Alternative form of trisyllable. [A word of three syllables.]
pseudo-haikunoun	Alternative form of pseudohaiku. [False or free-form haiku; any form of syllabically parsimonious or otherwise pithy poetry, usually comprising three lines of verse per poem.]
enjambementnoun	Alternative spelling of enjambment. [A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.]
anacolouthonnoun	Alternative spelling of anacoluthon. [(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.]
acrostichnoun	Alternative form of acrostic. [A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.]
diambnoun	(poetry) Alternative form of diiamb. [(poetry) A diiambus.]
dissyllablenoun	Alternative form of disyllable. [A word comprising two syllables.]
anacolouthonsnoun	Alternative spelling of anacoluthons.
anacoluthanoun	Alternative spelling of anacoloutha. [(rhetoric) A non-reciprocal synonym; a word of meaning similar to a word but that cannot substitute for that word in all uses.]
molossenoun	Archaic form of molossus. [(poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.]
synezesisnoun	Alternative form of synizesis. [(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The fusion of two syllables into one without the formation of a recognized diphthong, especially to fit a certain poetic meter.]
endecasyllablenoun	Alternative form of hendecasyllable. [(chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables.]
epiphonemenoun	Alternative form of epiphonema. [(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.]