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Iambi [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Iambic [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to the iambus, a poetic foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one.

2. IAM'BIC

Iambic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An iambic foot; an iambus.

2. A verse composed of iambic feet.

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

Iambical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Iambically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.

Iambics [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural Verses composed of short and long syllables alternately. Anciently, certain songs or satires, supposed to have given birth to ancient comedy.

Iambize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913