different between anapestic vs limerick

English

Alternative forms

• anapaestic (UK)
• anapestick (obsolete)

Etymology

anapest +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.?pi?.st?k/

Adjective

anapestic (comparative more anapestic, superlative most anapestic)

1. of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
2. of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
3. of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
4. of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.

Translations

Noun

anapestic (plural anapestics)

1. A verse that contains anapestic feet

Anagrams

• Capetians, antapices, anti-space, antispace, captaines

Romanian

Etymology

From French anapestique, from Latin anapaesticus.

Adjective

anapestic m or n (feminine singular anapestic?, masculine plural anapestici, feminine and neuter plural anapestice)

1. anapestic

Declension

English

Etymology

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [?l???m??n??x].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m???k/

Noun

limerick (plural limericks)

1. A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.
   • Description of the limerick in limerick form:

     The limerick, it would appear,
     Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear;
     Two long and two short
     Lines rhymed, as was taught,
     And a fifth just to bring up the rear.

Translations

Further reading

• Limerick (poetry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Limerick (song) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Limerick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rice milk