amphibrach

  1. Noun.  (prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. (term, amata) ).
  2. Noun.  (prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. (term, Jamaica) ).

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