A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable. The words “underfoot” and “overcome” are anapestic. Lord Byron’s “The Destruction of Sennacherib” is written in [..]

also anapaest, "two short syllables followed by a long one," 1670s, from Latin anapestus, from Greek anapaistos "struck back, rebounding," verbal adjective from anapaiein "to [..]

A foot or unit of poetry consisting of two light syllables followed by a single stressed syllable. Some words and phrases in English that constitute anapests include the following examples: understand [..]

A kind of metrical foot. An anapest (or anapaest) comprises two unstressed syllables and one stressed one: for example, "unabridged," "intercede," "on the loose." Because [..]

Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one, as in com-pre-HEND

A metrical foot of two weak stresses followed by a strong stress. Anapests tend to be used in Rising Rhythm.

(n) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

This foot of poetry is made up of three syllables: two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable: dadaDUM.Want a famous example? Clement C. Moore's poem "Twas The Night Before Chr [..]