iamb
n. (Poetry) iambus, foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is long and the second short or the first syllable is stressed and the second unstressed) | ||||
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Iamb Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Iamb
(n.)
An iambus or iambic.
(n.)
An iambus or iambic.
| WordNet 2.0 |
iamb
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iambus
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iambus
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
| hEnglish - advanced version |
iamb
iamb
\i"amb\ (?), n. [cf. f. iambe. see lambus.] an iambus or iambic. [r.]
iamb
\i"amb\ (?), n. [cf. f. iambe. see lambus.] an iambus or iambic. [r.]
Iamb Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Iamb
For other senses of the words "iamb" or "iambic", see iamb (disambiguation).
An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in i-amb). This terminology was adopted in the description of accentual-syllabic verse in English, where it refers to a foot comprising an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as in a-bove).
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