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Amphibrach vs Amphibrachic - What's the difference?

amphibrach | amphibrachic |

As a noun amphibrach

is a metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. (Latin) ).

As an adjective amphibrachic is

consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.

amphibrach

English

(wikipedia amphibrach)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. ).
  • (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
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    • amphibrachic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1851, author=Goold Brown, title=The Grammar of English Grammars, chapter=, edition=6th ed. citation
    • , passage=Father Humphrey says, "Anapaestic and amphibrachic verse, being similar in measure and movement, are pleasing to the ear, and well adapted to cheerful and humourous compositions; and sometimes to elegiac compositions , and subjects important and solemn." }}
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