amphimacer

[ am-fim-uh-ser ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is long, short, long in quantitative meter, or stressed, unstressed, stressed in accentual meter, as anodyne, an accentual amphimacer.

amphimacer

/ æmˈfɪməsə /

noun

1. prosody another word for cretic

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphimacer¹

1580–90; < Latin amphimacrus < Greek amphímakros long at both ends. See amphi-, macro-; amphibrach

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphimacer¹

C16: from Latin amphimacrus, from Greek amphimakros both ends being long, from amphi- + makros long

Example Sentences

Amphimacer, am-fim′a-sėr, n. in prosody, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short, and the first and last long, as cārĭtās.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Those commonly accepted are: Iambus ⌣  —   Dactyl — ⌣⌣ Trochee — ⌣   Anapest ⌣ ⌣ — Spondee — —   Amphimacer — ⌣ — Amphibrach  ⌣ — ⌣ The dash stands for the accented syllable.

From Project Gutenberg

Two dactyls, and one perfect Amphimacer.

From Project Gutenberg

Two dactyls, and one perfect Amphimacer.

From Project Gutenberg