anapaestic

1. 1.

   (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one

   Synonymsanapestic

Questions about anapaestic

What does anapaestic mean?

anapaestic means "(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one".

How many syllables are in anapaestic?

anapaestic has 5 syllables: a-na-pa-e-stic. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for anapaestic?

Close synonyms include anapestic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anapaestic a common word?

anapaestic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.