Etymology

amphibrachic

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Today it means: Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented. Full definition →

Latin amphibrachicus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromamphibrachicus
  2. English todayamphibrachic

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibrachicus. By surface analysis, amphibrach + -ic.

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