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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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
Antibacchius
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
Dispondee
noun · 78% connection
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
Dissyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
Dochmius
noun · 78% connection
A foot of five syllables (usually / -- -/ -).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
Flat foot
unknown · 78% connection
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
Inch
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
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, long, syllables.
Leash
noun · 78% connection
A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, three, long, syllables.
