anapestic

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsanapaestic

Questions about anapestic

What does anapestic mean?

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

How many syllables are in anapestic?

anapestic has 4 syllables and divides as a-na-pe-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anapestic?

Close synonyms include anapaestic. 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 anapestic a common word?

anapestic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.