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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -anapest-, *anapest*
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WordNet (3.0)
anapest(n) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables, Syn. anapaest
anapestic(adj) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one, Syn. anapaestic

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Anapest

n. [ L. anapaestus, Gr. &unr_; an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. &unr_;; 'ana` back + &unr_; to strike. ] 1. (Pros.) 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&bprime_;, are examples of anapests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse composed of such feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anapestic

a. [ L. anapaesticus, Gr. 'anapaistiko`s. ] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anapestical

a. Anapestic. [ 1913 Webster ]

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