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

Encyclopedia: Anapestic