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Iambi
(gcide) | Iambus \I*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. Iambi, E. Iambuses. [L.
iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus
being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to
throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.)
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by
an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under
Iambic, n.
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iambic
(encz) | iambic,jamb n: Zdeněk Brožiambic,jambický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Choliambic
(gcide) | Choliamb \Cho"li*amb\, Choliambic \Cho`li*am"bic\, n. [L.
choliambus, Gr. ?; ? lame + ? an iambus.] (Pros.)
A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in
the sixth or last.
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Choriambi
(gcide) | Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. Choriambi, E.
Choriambuses. [L. choriambus, Gr. ?; ? a choreus + ?
iambus.] (Anc. Pros.)
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and
last are long, and the other short (- [crescent] [crescent]
-); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
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Choriambic
(gcide) | Choriambic \Cho`ri*am"bic\, a. [L. choriambicus, gr. ?.]
Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n. A choriamb.
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Galliambic
(gcide) | Galliambic \Gal`li*am"bic\, a. [L. galliambus a song used by the
priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) +
iambus] (Pros.)
Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of
which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
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Iambic
(gcide) | Iambic \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.
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2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic
verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
[1913 Webster]Iambic \I*am"bic\, n.
1. (Pros.)
(a) An iambic foot; an iambus.
(b) A verse composed of iambic feet.
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Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
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Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase
fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram.
--Dryden.
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2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written
in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
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Iambical
(gcide) | Iambical \I*am"bic*al\, a.
Iambic. [Obs. or R.]
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Iambically
(gcide) | Iambically \I*am"bic*al*ly\, adv.
In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
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Iambize
(gcide) | Iambize \I*am"bize\, v. t. [Gr. ?.]
To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [R.]
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iambic
(wn) | iambic
adj 1: of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"
n 1: a verse line consisting of iambs |
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