English

Alternative forms

• anapaest (UK)
• anapæst (archaic)

Noun

anapest ‎(plural anapests)

1. (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
2. (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g., “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” (Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)).

Synonyms

• antidactylus

Derived terms

• anapestic

Translations

Anagrams

• peasant

References

1. ↑ “anapæst” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.nəˈpest/ (centr.)
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pest

Noun

anapest m ‎(plural anapests or anapestos)

1. anapest (metrical foot).

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanapɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: ana‧pest

Noun

anapest m

1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed.
   • 1997, Jiří Fukač; Jiří Vysloužil and Petr Macek, Slovník české hudební kultury, Praha: Editio Supraphon, ISBN 80-7058-462-9, page 742:

     K nejfrekventovanějším stopám patří trochej (¯ ˘), jamb (˘ ¯), daktyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amfibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) a spondej (¯ ¯).

     Trochee (¯ ˘), iamb (˘ ¯), dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amphibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) and spondee (¯ ¯) belong among the most frequented feet.

   • (Can we date this quote?) (Please provide the title of the work), Praha: Editio Supraphon, ISBN 80-7058-462-9:
   • 2007, Dickey, James, “Básník jde do sebe”, in Revolver revue, volume 67–68, page 125:

     Jakmile jsem si vytvořil tento vztah ke zvuku, jazyku a námětu, okamžitě jsem viděl – lépe řečeno, okamžitě jsem slyšel –, že anapest nemusí pokaždé skončit jako monotónní, ucouraná, vlezlá odrhovačka na způsob básní Edgara Allana Poea, Roberta Service, Kiplinga a dalších.

     I saw at once—or rather I heard at once—when I began to have this kind of relationship to sound, language and subject, that the anapest needn't result in the monotonous, slugging, obtrusive singsong that it has in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Service, Kipling, and others.

Declension

Derived terms

• anapestický

Anagrams

• Štěpána

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

anapest m ‎(Cyrillic spelling анапест)

1. anapest