anapest

  1. Noun.  (US, prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g the word "velveteen").
  2. Noun.  (US, prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Seuss Dr Seuss] aka Theodor Geisel).

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