amphibrachic
English
Etymology
amphibrach + -ic. From Latin amphibrachicus
Adjective
amphibrachic (not comparable)
- Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
- 1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, 6th edition:
- Father Humphrey says, "Anapaestic and amphibrachic verse, being similar in measure and movement, are pleasing to the ear, and well adapted to cheerful and humourous[sic] compositions; and sometimes to elegiac compositions, and subjects important and solemn."
Derived terms
Translations
consisting of amphibrachs
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