Amphimacer

Word AMPHIMACER
Character 10
Hyphenation am phim a cer
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Amphimacer"

What do we mean by amphimacer?

A trisyllabic metrical foot having an unaccented or short syllable between two accented or long syllables, as in Peter Pan. noun

In prosody, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in Latin cāstĭtās: the opposite of amphibrach. noun

A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cāst�tās. noun

A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic noun

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The word "amphimacer" in example sentences

But perchance if ye would seeme yet more curious, in place of these four _Trocheus_ ye might induce other feete of three times, as to make the three sillables next following the _dactil_, the foote [_amphimacer_] the last word [_Sepulcher_] the foote [_amphibracus_] leauing the other midle word for a [_Iambus_] thus. ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

Four groups, each practically uttered as one word: the first, in this case, an iamb; the second, an amphibrachys; the third, a trochee; and the fourth, an amphimacer; and yet our schoolboy, with no other liberty but that of inflicting pain, had triumphantly scanned it as five iambs. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

The amphimacer may, in English, be substituted for the dactyl, occasionally. ❋ Cottle, Joseph (1847)

The tribrachus all his three parts swiftly: the antibacchius his two first partes slowly, his last & third swiftly: the amphimacer, his first & last part slowly & his middle part swiftly: the amphibracus his first and last parts swiftly but his midle part slowly, & so of others by like proportion. ❋ Unknown (1569)

But perchance if ye would seeme yet more curious, in place of these foure Trocheus ye might induce other feete of three times, as to make the three sillables next following the dactil, the foote [amphimacer] the last word [Sepulcher] the foote [amphibracus] leauing the other midle word for a [Iambus] thus. ❋ Unknown (1569)

I'd like to see a rigorous test, in which the applicant has to demonstrate full mastery of alliteration and assonance, imagery and metonymy, amphibrach and amphimacer, rondeau and pantoum, triolet and villanelle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[_fo-rsa-ke ` n_] [_i-mpu-gne ` d_] and others many: For your _amphimacer_ that is a long, a short and a long ye haue these words and many more ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

_amphimacer_, his first & last part slowly & his middle part swiftly: the ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

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