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anapest

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈæ.nə.piːst/Part of speech nounSorted aaenpstStarts with AEnds with T0 clues
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  1. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

Word origin

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).

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