iambic

See also: iàmbic

English

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Etymology

From French ïambique

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æmbɪk

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

  1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance
    • 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17:
      [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.

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Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

  1. (prosody) An iamb; A line or group of lines of iambs.

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