iambic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.

noun

/aɪˈæmbɪk/

iambic more iambic most iambic ïambic iambical iambick jambic iambics

From Middle French iambique, from Late Latin ïambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos) + -ικός (-ikós).

trochaic

iambically iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter uniambic

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