IAMBIC

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

2.
a.

Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

3.
n.

An iambic foot; an iambus.

4.
n.

A verse composed of iambic feet.

5.
n.

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


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