Anapestic

2 definitions found

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

  Anapestic \An`a*pes"tic\, a. [L. anapaesticus, Gr.
     'anapaistiko`s.]
     Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an
     anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or
     verse.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anapestic
       adj : (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables
             followed by a long one [syn: {anapaestic}]