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The Clue
Standard part of a limerick (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ANAPEST
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Notes
The answer ANAPEST is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Bit of a limerick
Dactyl's relative
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Metrical foot
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Pattern in prosody
Poetic foot
Type of verse
"Au revoir," for example
Short, short, long
Poet's three-syllable foot
Definition
ANAPEST as a noun:
1. (anapest, anapaest) = a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables