Anapestic

Quick meaning: Anapestic is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests.

More Meanings

1. Of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human) heartbeat pattern.
2. Of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry; see also limeric or limerick.
3. Of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum.
4. A verse that contains anapestic feet.

Word Forms

• anapaestic
• anapestick
• anapestics

Synonyms for anapestic

Depending on context, synonyms include rhetorical, anapaestic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rhetorical, anapaestic, tetrameter, dimeter, trimeter, anastatic.

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