Associations to the word «Anapestic»
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Wiktionary
ANAPESTIC, adjective. Of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
ANAPESTIC, adjective. Of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
ANAPESTIC, adjective. Of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
ANAPESTIC, adjective. Of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
ANAPESTIC, noun. A verse that contains anapestic feet
Dictionary definition
ANAPESTIC, adjective. (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.