iambus
n. (Poetry) metrical foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is short and the second long or the first syllable is unstressed and the second stressed) | ||||
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Iambus Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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.
(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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
iambus
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iamb
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
Noun
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
(synonym) iamb
(hypernym) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
| hEnglish - advanced version |
iambus
iambus
\i*am"bus\ (?), n.; pl. l. iambi (#), e. iambuses (#). [l. iambus, gr. &?;; prob. akin to &?; to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to l. jacere to throw. cf. jet a shooting forth.] (pros.) a foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in ămāns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. see the couplet under iambic, n.
iambus
n : a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: iamb]
iambus
\i*am"bus\ (?), n.; pl. l. iambi (#), e. iambuses (#). [l. iambus, gr. &?;; prob. akin to &?; to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to l. jacere to throw. cf. jet a shooting forth.] (pros.) a foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in ămāns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. see the couplet under iambic, n.
iambus
n : a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables [syn: iamb]
Iambus Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
iambus
N M
iambus| metrical foot (one short-one long); iambic trimeter (as invictive)
N M
iambus| metrical foot (one short-one long); iambic trimeter (as invictive)
Iambus Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
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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