— antibacchic /an'ti bak"ik/ , adj.
/an'ti beuh kuy"euhs/ , n. , pl. antibacchii /-kuy"uy, -kuy"ee/ . Pros.
a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of two long syllables followed by a short one, and that in accentual meter consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one. Cf. bacchius .
[ 1580-90; antibákcheios. See ANTI-, BACCHIUS ]