About The Word Iambic
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Iambic
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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 \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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