Definition of amphibrachs Amphibrachs

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  • amphibrachs (Noun)
    Plural of amphibrach.

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Noun

Plural: amphibraches

amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • amphibrach (n.)
    A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • amphibrach
    am′fi-brak, n. in prosody, a foot of three syllables—a short, a long, and a short, as ămārĕ. The name is sometimes applied in English to such a word as amusement, where an accented syllable falls between two unaccented. [L.—Gr., made up of Gr. amphi, on each side, brachys, short.]

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