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Noun: anapest  'a-nu,pest
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: anapaest)
  1. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    "The word 'understand' is an example of an anapest";
    - anapaest [Brit]

Derived forms: anapests

Type of: foot, metrical foot, metrical unit

Encyclopedia: Anapest