iambus
n.
(Poetry) metrical foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is short and the second long or the first syllable is unstressed and the second stressed)
iamb
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iambus
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
iambus
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iamb
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
Iambuses
(pl. )
of Iambus
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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