"Iambus" is a word in ENGLISH
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long
one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented
one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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buyúy - Ignorant, uneducated, boorish. (cf. pákok, kagúng, waláy tinón-an, dílì maálam, binukídnon, umánhon, etc.). c, This letter was formerly …
Read the complete definitionThe cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, …
Read the complete definitionConsisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, …
Read the complete definitionmag- - A prefix used chiefly in the following ways: 1) to denote the active infinitive, e.g. Hándà na kamó …
Read the complete definitionmaka- - A prefix used in the following ways: 1) To form the potential future tense of the active voice …
Read the complete definitionCut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, …
Read the complete definitionThe euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable …
Read the complete definitionum-, -um- - This syllable goes to form the following tenses: the Active Imperative, the Conditional Future, the Past. When …
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