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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread anapaest, iamb etc #59207 03/02/2002 9:02 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London anapaest = struck back or rebounding, because it's a reversed dactyl iamb = an iamb, sorry; neither Greek nor English dictionaries show any other root it might be derived from spondee = suitable for solemn libations trochee = running I can never remember which is which of these, and always when I reread them grasp at the fact that 'spondee' is a spondee, and see if I can pin them down that way. Illusory. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fiche-ing for dactyls Jackie 03/01/2002 1:15 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Rouspeteur 03/01/2002 1:38 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls slithy toves 03/01/2002 1:46 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Keiva 03/01/2002 2:56 AM anapaest, iamb etc NicholasW 03/02/2002 9:02 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Jackie 03/02/2002 2:04 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls wwh 03/02/2002 2:08 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls consuelo 03/02/2002 9:48 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls wwh 03/02/2002 11:11 PM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls AnnaStrophic 03/03/2002 1:32 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls Keiva 03/03/2002 2:20 AM Re: Fiche-ing for dactyls slithy toves 03/03/2002 2:51 AM Trochee trips from long to short; NicholasW 03/03/2002 8:18 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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