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i·am·bic       [ahy-am-bik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.Prosody.
a.pertaining to the iamb.
b.consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
2.Greek Literature. noting or pertaining to satirical poetry written in iambs.
–noun
3.Prosody.
a.an iamb.
b.Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
4.Greek Literature. a satirical poem in this meter.
[Origin: 1565–75; < L iambicus < Gk iambikós. See iambus, -ic]

—Related forms
i·am·bi·cal·ly, adverb
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i·am·bic       (ī-ām'bĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance: iambic pentameter.

n.  
  1. An iamb.
  2. A verse, stanza, or poem written in iambs. Often used in the plural.

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iambic 
1575, from L. iambicus, from Gk. iambikos, from iambos "metrical foot of one unaccented followed by one accented syllable," from iaptein "to assail" (in words); the meter of invective and lampoon in classical Gk. from the time it was used for such by Archilochos, 7c. B.C.E.

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iambic

adjective
1. of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter" 

noun
1. a verse line consisting of iambs 

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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.

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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.

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