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ANAPESTIC
Definition of ANAPESTIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests.
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Other senses
ANAPESTIC carries 4 further meanings.
Pertaining to or of the nature of an anapest; consisting of anapests.
noun
The anapestic measure; an anapestic verse. The following is an example of anapestics:
adjective
Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests.
“an anapestic meter, foot, verse”
adjective
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
Where it comes from
From Latin anapaesticus. By surface analysis, anapest + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
ANAPESTIC in a sentence
“Wordsworth, rather, hurries us onward in anapestic strides, imaging successive auditors (the apprentice, the newsman, the lamplighter, et al.), and ending with "pursue!"”
Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANAPESTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANAPESTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEINPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANAPES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
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