Amphimacer

[æm'fimәsә]

Definition

(n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.

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Definition

n. in prosody a foot of three syllables the middle one short and the first and last long as cārĭtās. Sometimes applied to such Eng. words as runaway.

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