ˈamfəˌbrak noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin amphibrachys, from Greek, literally, short at both ends, from amphi- + brachys short — more at brief
: a trisyllabic 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
the word romantic is an accentual amphibrach
• am·phi·brach·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|brakik adjective