anapest

noun

Etymology: From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed [relative to dactyl]”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “to strike”).

1. In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
2. In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
3. A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.