Arses
2 (defs 1, 2).
music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
compare (def 4).
prosody.
the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus or stress.
(less commonly) a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus.
compare (def 5).
historical examples
the succession terminated with -rs-s, whom bagous the eunuch having killed set up darius, who was not of the royal family.
the geography of strabo, volume iii (of 3) strabo
noun (slang)
the b-ttocks
the -n-s
a stupid person; fool
s-xual intercourse
(austral) effrontery; cheek
get one’s -rs- into gear, to start to do something seriously and quickly
noun (pl) -ses (-siːz)
(in cl-ssical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot compare thesis (sense 6)
n.
“b-ttocks,” old english ærs “tail, rump,” from proto-germanic -arsoz (cf. old saxon, old high german, old norse ars, middle dutch ærs, german arsch “b-ttock”), cognate with greek orros “tail, rump, base of the spine,” hitt-te arrash, armenian or “b-ttock,” old irish err “tail.” middle english had -rs–winning “money obtained by prost-tution” (late 14c.).
noun
-ss (1860+)
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