anapestic

Speech parts

1. anapestic - Noun

2. anapestic - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.

Anapestic measure or verse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anapaestic dramatic romantic epic lyrical lyric imaginative idyllic poetical rhythmical melodious poetic metrical elegiac dactylic
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Antonyms

ordinary everyday commonplace unpleasant prosaic monotonous
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Anagrams

antispace panaceist

Examples

It is declaimed in long lines of 'anapestic tetrameters'. Source: Internet

In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus presents a view of poetry that is supposed to be serious but which leads to a comic interruption by the god, Dionysus: ::AES. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

anapaite anapeiratic anapest anapestical anapestically anapestick