amphibrach
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am·phi·brach
(ăm′fə-brăk′)n.
A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember.
[Latin amphibrachys, from Greek amphibrakhus : amphi-, amphi- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]
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amphibrach
(ˈæmfɪˌbræk)n
(Poetry) prosody a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (˘¯˘). Compare cretic
[C16: from Latin, from Greek amphibrakhus, literally: both ends being short, from amphi- + brakhus short]
ˌamphiˈbrachic adj
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am•phi•brach
(ˈæm fəˌbræk)n.
a trisyllabic metrical foot whose syllables are short, long, short in quantitative meter, and unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter.
[1580–90; < Latin amphibrachus < Greek amphíbrachys short at both ends =amphi- amphi- + brachýs short]
am`phi•brach′ic, adj.
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Noun | 1. | amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
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