adjective
- Of, relating to, or consisting of amphibrachs (metrical feet with a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables).
Usage: technical; prosody
Examples
- The amphibrachic meter creates a bouncing rhythm in the verse.
- Poets sometimes employ amphibrachic feet to achieve a particular musical effect.
- This line scans as amphibrachic, with the stress falling on the middle syllable of each foot.