AMPHIBRACH


Meaning of AMPHIBRACH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈam(p)-fə-ˌbrak ]

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 ˌam(p)-fə-ˈbra-kik adjective

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