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IAMBUS

\ˈi͡əmbəs], \ˈi‍əmbəs], \ˈiə_m_b_ə_s]\

Definitions of IAMBUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A metrical foot of two syllables, the first short and the second long.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A foot consisting of a short followed by a long syllable.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An iambic foot.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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