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Adjective: anapaestic  ,a-nu'pes-tik
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: anapestic)
  1. (prosody) characterized by two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one
    "The poem followed an anapaestic rhythm";
    - anapestic [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Anapaestic