Definition of Iambic. Meaning of Iambic. Synonyms of Iambic

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Definition of Iambic

Iambic
Iambic I*am"bic, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. 2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
Iambic
Iambic I*am"bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. --Dryden. 2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Meaning of Iambic from wikipedia

- famously used iambic pentameter in his plays and sonnets, John Milton in his Paradise Lost, and William Wordsworth in The Prelude. As lines in iambic pentameter...
- trimeter Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter, or the alexandrine Iambic heptameter, or the fourteener Iamb (band) Iambic key/keyer Iambic Productions...
- common iambic measures include iambic tetrameter (four iambs per line) and iambic heptameter, sometimes called the "fourteener" (seven iambs per line)...
- The Iambic trimeter, in classical Gr**** and Latin poetry, is a meter of poetry consisting of three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English...
- Iambic tetrameter is a poetic meter in ancient Gr**** and Latin poetry; as the name of a rhythm, iambic tetrameter consists of four metra, each metron being...
- common are iambic senarii and trochaic septenarii. As far as is known, iambic senarii were spoken without music; trochaic septenarii (and also iambic septenarii...
- key is required for iambic sending, which also requires an iambic keyer. But any single- or dual-paddle key can be used non-iambicly, without squeezing...
- hendecasyllable lines.[citation needed] In some kinds of metre, such as the Gr**** iambic trimeter, two feet are combined into a larger unit called a metron (pl....
- iambic trimeter but with a surprise ending in the third metron, with an iamb + spondee replacing the usual spondee + iamb, thus crippling the iambic rhythm...
- accentual-syllabic iambic alexandrine in imitation of contemporary Dutch practice — and German poets followed Opitz. The alexandrine (strictly iambic with a consistent...