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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..

Choriambic :: Choriambic (n.) A choriamb.

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

Diiamb :: Diiamb (n.) A diiambus.

Iambi :: Iambi (pl. ) of Iambu.

Scazon :: Scazon (n.) A choliamb.

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..

Choriambuses :: Choriambuses (pl. ) of Choriambu.

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

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..

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

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

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

Choriambs :: Choriambs (pl. ) of Choriam.

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

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

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..

Iambuses :: Iambuses (pl. ) of Iambu.

Choriambi :: Choriambi (pl. ) of Choriambu.

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

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