AMPHIBRACH


Meaning of AMPHIBRACH in English

Pronunciation: ' am(p)-f ə - ˌ brak

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin amphibrachys, from Greek, literally, short at both ends, from amphi- + brachys short ― more at BRIEF

Date: 1858

: a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables in quantitative verse or of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables in accentual verse < romantic is an accentual amphibrach >

– am · phi · brach · ic \ ˌ am(p)-f ə - ' bra-kik \ adjective

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