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Showing words for ANAPEST using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Anapest
anapest, peasant
6 Letter Words for Anapest
anapes, ansate, apneas, espana, paeans, paesan, pantas, patens, pesant, septan
5 Letter Words for Anapest
ansae, antae, antas, antes, apast, apnea, aspen, ataps, enapt, etnas, napas, napea, napes, nasat, nates, neaps, neats, paean, panes, panse, pants, pasan, pasta, paste, patas, paten, pates, peans, peats, penta, pents, petas, santa, sapan, satan, septa, snape, sneap, spane, spate, spean, speat, spent, stane, stean, tanas, tapas, tapen, tapes, tepas
4 Letter Words for Anapest
anas, anat, anes, anet, ansa, anta, ante, ants, apes, apse, apts, asap, asea, asta, atap, ates, eans, east, eats, etas, etna, napa, nape, naps, nasa, nast, nats, neap, neat, nepa, neps, nest, nets, paas, pana, pane, pans, pant, pase, past, pata, pate, pats, pean, peas, peat, pens, pent, pesa, pest, peta, pets, sana, sane, sant, sapa, sata, sate, sean, seat, sena, sent, sepn, sept, seta, snap, spae, span, spat, spet, stap, sten, step, taen, tana, tane, tans, tapa, tape, taps, tean, teap, teas, tens, tepa
3 Letter Words for Anapest
aas, aes, ana, ane, ans, ant, apa, ape, apt, ase, asp, ast, ate, atp, ean, eas, eat, ens, epa, esp, est, eta, naa, nae, nap, nas, nat, nea, nep, net, pan, pas, pat, pea, pen, pes, pet, pst, pta, pte, pts, saa, san, sap, sat, sea, sen, sep, set, spa, spt, sta, taa, tan, tap, tas, tea, ten, tes, tps, tsp
Definitions for Anapest
[1] a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
Words nearby Anapest
ananias, anankastic personality, ananke, ananthous, anapaest, anapest, anaphase, anaphia, anaphora, anaphoresis, anaphoria
Origin of Anapest
1580–90; < Latin anapaestus < Greek anápaistos struck back, reversed (as compared with a dactyl), equivalent to ana- ana- + pais- (variant stem of paíein to strike) + -tos past participle suffix
Other words from Anapest
an·a·pes·tic , an·a·paes·tic , adjective
an·a·pes·ti·cal·ly , an·a·paes·ti·cal·ly , adverb