"Iambic" is a word in ENGLISH
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or
of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written
in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic
verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
A verse composed of iambic feet.
An iambic foot; an iambus.
God always raises deliverers from among the people
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A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, …
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