Amphimacer Definition
ăm-fĭmə-sər
noun
A trisyllabic metrical foot having an unaccented or short syllable between two accented or long syllables, as in Peter Pan.
American Heritage
A metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
Webster's New World
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Amphimacer
Noun
Singular:
amphimacer
Plural:
amphimacersOrigin of Amphimacer
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Latin amphimacrus from Greek amphimakros amphi- amphi- makros long māk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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