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Definition of Anapest
1. Noun. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
Definition of Anapest
1. n. A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (⌣ ⌣ -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d&ebreve;- &ibreve;-tās, and in English in-ter-vene\'b6, are examples of anapests.
Definition of Anapest
1. Noun. (US prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g the word "velveteen"). ¹
2. Noun. (US prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” ([ Dr Seuss] aka Theodor Geisel). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anapest
1. a type of metrical foot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anapest
Literary usage of Anapest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of English Versification: Containing Rules for the Structure of the by Erastus Everett (1848)
"The first and shortest of these is composed of a single anapest following an Iambus.
... There are examples of lines made up of a single anapest, ..."
2. The Theatre of the Greeks: A Series of Papers Relating to the History and edited by John William Donaldson (1849)
"In the few instances where the proper name begins with an anapest, ... At all
events, the whole anapest must be contained in the same word. ..."
3. The Classical Journal (1825)
"The process by which Person infers the inadmissibility of an anapest beyond ...
But the instances in which an anapest is found in the third place are so few ..."
4. The Theatre of the Greeks: A Series of Papers Relating to the History and by John William Donaldson, James Tate (1836)
"In all these the two short syllables of the anapest are inclosed betwixt two longs in
... In the few instances where the proper name begins with an anapest, ..."
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