an|a|paest

an|a|paest
an|a|pest or an|a|paest «AN uh pehst», noun.
1. a foot of verse having three syllables: a) (in modern or accentual meter) two unaccented followed by one accented, as by the way´. b) (in quantitative meter, such as Greek or Latin) two short followed by one long, as pās.
2. a line of verse composed of or containing such feet. Example: “From the cen´/tre all round´/to the sea´/I am lord´/of the fowl´/and the brute´” (Cowper).
╂[< Latin anapaestus < Greek anápaistos (dáktylos) (dactyl) reversed < ana- back + paíein strike]

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