Word: anapests
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
na
pests
Definition: Plural of anapest; a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Morphemes:
Affix: anapest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
Etymology Compounds: Affix: anapaestus
Language: la
Decoded: anapaestus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: an anapestic meter; anapest
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).