Amphimacer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphimacer \Am*phim"a*cer\, n. [L. amphimacrus, Gr. ?; 'amfi` on
     both sides + ? long.] (Anc. Pros.)
     A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the
     others long, as in c[=a]st[i^]t[=a]s. --Andrews.
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