ANAPEST

AN'APEST, noun [Gr to strike.]In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, the last long; the reverse of the dactyl; as, Can a bosom so gentle remainUnmoved when her Corydon sighs?

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anapest. Anapest, a poetic foot of three sylables, the two first short, the third long

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An″a‐pest (�), n. [[L. anapaestus, Gr. � an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. �; � back + � to strike.]] 1. 1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (⏑ ⏑ -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin dĕ-ĭ-tās, and in English in-ter-vene″, are examples of anapests.
2. 2. A verse composed of such feet.