iambic
adj.
of or pertaining to or composed of iambics (poetic foot consisting of two syllables)
n.
(Poetry) iambus, foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is long and the second short or the first syllable is stressed and the second unstressed); verse composed of iambic feet
Iamb
iambic
Noun
1. a verse line consisting of iambs
(hypernym) verse, verse line
Adjective
1. of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"
(pertainym) iamb, iambus
(classification) prosody, metrics
Iambic
(n.)
An iambic foot; an iambus.
(n.)
A verse composed of iambic feet.
(n.)
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
(a.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
(a.)
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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metr. iambicmetru iambic = iambic metre