Definition of ANAPEST

anapest

Meanings

Plural: anapests

Noun

  • a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
  • In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
  • In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
  • A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”).

Scrabble Score: 9

anapest is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
anapest is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
anapest is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

anapest is a valid Words With Friends word