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amphibrach
[ am-fuh-brak ]
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.
amphibrach
/ ˈæmfɪˌbræk /
noun
- prosody a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables ( ) Compare cretic
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Derived Forms
- ˌamphiˈbrachic, adjective
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Other Words From
- amphi·brachic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amphibrach1
1580–90; < Latin amphibrachus < Greek amphíbrachys short before and after ( amphi- amphi- + brachýs short); amphimacer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amphibrach1
C16: from Latin, from Greek amphibrakhus, literally: both ends being short, from amphi- + brakhus short
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Example Sentences
Similarly, such a word as alighted, in which a strong syllable is situated between two weak ones, may be called an 'amphibrach.'
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The amphibrach plays a highly important part in English verse, though it is usual not to mention it at all.
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The Amphibrach is a foot of three syllables, the first and third short, and the second long.
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But these lines are of the high burlesque kind, and in this stile the Amphibrach closes lines with great beauty.
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Similarly, the symbol means a trochee; and the symbol means an amphibrach.
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