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Amphibrach
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Amphimacer
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Anapest
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Antispast
noun · 78% connection
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Bacchius
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Choriambus
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or troch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Complin
noun · 78% connection
The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Dactyl
noun · 78% connection
A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Dispondee
noun · 78% connection
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Epitrite
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Handsel
noun · 78% connection
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Imparisyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Ionic
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Last
adjective · 78% connection
Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Long
adjective · 78% connection
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, syllables, first, long.
