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Tetrameter :: Tetrameter (n.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet..

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

Iambuses :: Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambu.

Choriambuses :: Choriambuses (pl. ) of Choriambu.

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

Choriambic :: Choriambic (n.) A choriamb.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Iambus :: Iambus (n.) 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..

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..

Glyconic :: Glyconic (a.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry..

Scazon :: Scazon (n.) A choliamb.

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

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