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Found 1 definition: amphibrach.

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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun amphibrach has 1 senses

   amphibrach(n = noun.communication) - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember');
is a kind of
foot, metrical foot, metrical unit


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

amphibrach, n. [L. , Gr. short at both ends; 'amfi` + brachy`s short.].

   A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (⌣ -- ⌣); as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic. [1913 Webster]