| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amphibrach |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·phi·brach |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m f -brk |
| NOUN: | A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin amphibrachys, from Greek amphibrakhus : amphi-, amphi- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Appendix I.
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