An*an"ther*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + E. anther.] (Bot.) Destitute of anthers. Gray.
An*an"thous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'a`nqos a flower.] (Bot.) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
An`a*pæst (&?;), An`a*pæs"tic (&?;). Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
An"a*pest (&?;), n. [L. anapaestus, Gr. &?; an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. &?;; &?; back + &?; to strike.] 1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented ( -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d- -ts, and in English in-ter-vene\'b6, are examples of anapests.