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Iambic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Iambic? [n] a verse line consisting of iambs [adj] (prosody) of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Iambic: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Iambic: accent \| accentuation \| Alexandrine \| amphibrach \| amphimacer \| anacrusis \| anapest \| antispast \| antispastic \| arsis \| bacchius \| beat \| cadence \| cadenced \| caesura \| catalexis \| chloriamb \| chloriambus \| colon \| counterpoint \| cretic \| dactyl \| dactylic \| dactylic hexameter \| diaeresis \| dimeter \| dipody \| dochmiac \| elegiac \| elegiac couplet \| elegiac pentameter \| emphasis \| epitrite \| feminine caesura \| foot \| heptameter \| heptapody \| heroic couplet \| hexameter \| hexapody \| iamb \| iambic pentameter \| ictus \| ionic \| jingle \| lilt \| masculine caesura \| measure \| measured \| meter \| metric \| metrical accent \| metrical foot \| metrical group \| metrical unit \| metron \| molossus \| mora \| movement \| numbers \| paeon \| pentameter \| pentapody \| period \| proceleusmatic \| prosodic \| pyrrhic \| quantity \| rhythm \| rhythmic \| scanning \| spondaic \| spondee \| sprung rhythm \| stress \| swing \| syzygy \| tetrameter \| tetrapody \| tetraseme \| thesis \| tribrach \| trimeter \| tripody \| triseme \| trochaic \| trochee See Also \| verse \| verse line Iambic In Webster's Dictionary \Iam"bic\, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See {Lambus}. \Iam"bic\, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. Thy gen- \| ius calls \| thee not \| to pur- \| chase fame In keen \| iam- \| bics, but \| mild an- \| agram. --Dryden. 2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Iambic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Iambic?

[n] a verse line consisting of iambs
[adj] (prosody) of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Iambic:

See Also | verse | verse line

Iambic In Webster's Dictionary

\I*am"bic\, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.]
1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long
   one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented;
   as, an iambic foot.

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic
   verse; iambic meter. See {Lambus}.


\I*am"bic\, n.
1. (Pros.)
   (a) An iambic foot; an iambus.
   (b) A verse composed of iambic feet.

Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses.

            Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase
            fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- |
            agram.                             --Dryden.

2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written
   in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

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