IAMBIC
\ˈi͡əmbɪk], \ˈiəmbɪk], \ˈiə_m_b_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of IAMBIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
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Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
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A verse composed of iambic feet.
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A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
By Oddity Software
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Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
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Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
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A verse composed of iambic feet.
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A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
By Noah Webster.
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Having a verse form in which each foot consists of a short (unaccented) syllable followed by a long (accented) syllable.
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A metrical foot having a short syllable followed by a long one; a satirical poem in verse composed of such metrical feet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
