arses

Plural: arses

Noun

• The accented or strong part of a metrical foot.
• The unaccented parts of a musical measure or poetic foot.
• plural of arse
• plural of arsis

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of arse

Examples

• Playing ARSES might seem juvenile, but it’s a valid plural of ARSIS.
• The poem was full of rhythmic ARSES, much like the rhythmic placement of tiles on a Scrabble board.