Definition of Anacrosis
||An`a*cru"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
push up or back; &?; + &?; to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one
or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented
syllable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse
- (Music) an unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase
*1989: Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis. (Burgess, Any Old Iron)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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