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amphibrach
[ am-fuh-brak ]
/ ˈæm fəˌbræk /
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noun Prosody.
a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter. Thus, together is an accentual amphibrach.
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Origin of amphibrach
1580–90; <Latin amphibrachus<Greek amphÃbrachys short before and after (amphi-amphi- + brachýs short); cf. amphimacer
OTHER WORDS FROM amphibrach
am·phi·brach·ic, adjectiveWords nearby amphibrach
amphibolic fistula, amphibolite, amphibology, amphibolous, amphiboly, amphibrach, amphicarpous, amphicelous, amphicentric, amphichroic, amphicoelous
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British Dictionary definitions for amphibrach
amphibrach
/ (ˈæmfɪˌbræk) /
noun
prosody a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)Compare cretic
Derived forms of amphibrach
amphibrachic, adjectiveWord Origin for amphibrach
C16: from Latin, from Greek amphibrakhus, literally: both ends being short, from amphi- + brakhus short
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