amphibrach

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
2. noun A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).

Similar words

anapaest iambelegus antispast asclepiad paroemiac anceps paeon palimbacchius priapean anapest

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Word family

amphibrachic amphibrachs