Amphibrach

[æmfibræk]

Definition

(noun.) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').

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Definition

(n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

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Definition

n. in prosody a foot of three syllables—a short a long and a short as ămārĕ. The name is sometimes applied in English to such a word as amusement where an accented syllable falls between two unaccented.

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