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Iambic :: Iambic (n.) An iambic foot; an iambus.

Gallyambic :: Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse..

Choriambi :: Choriambi (pl. ) of Choriambu.

Scazon :: Scazon (n.) A choliamb.

Choliambic :: Choliambic (n.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last..

Choliamb :: Choliamb (n.) Alt. of Choliambi.

Measure :: Measure (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure..

Choriambs :: Choriambs (pl. ) of Choriam.

Iambic :: Iambic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus..

Iambic :: Iambic (n.) A verse composed of iambic feet.

Choriambus :: Choriambus (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united..

Choriambuses :: Choriambuses (pl. ) of Choriambu.

Iambic :: Iambic (n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Giambeux :: Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.

Choriambic :: Choriambic (a.) Pertaining to a choriamb.

Iambically :: Iambically (adv.) In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

Iamb :: Iamb (n.) An iambus or iambic.

Alcaic :: Alcaic (n.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls..

Iambuses :: Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambu.

Diiamb :: Diiamb (n.) A diiambus.

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