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Asclepiad :: Asclepiad (n.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus..

Scazon :: Scazon (n.) A choliamb.

Iambical :: Iambical (a.) Iambic.

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

Choriambic :: Choriambic (n.) A choriamb.

Iambuses :: Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambu.

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

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

Diiamb :: Diiamb (n.) A diiambus.

Iambi :: Iambi (pl. ) of Iambu.

Iambic :: Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot..

Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy..

Choriamb :: Choriamb (n.) Same as Choriambus.

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

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

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..

Iambize :: Iambize (v. t.) To satirize in iambics; to lampoon.

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

Choriambs :: Choriambs (pl. ) of Choriam.

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

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