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iambus

[ ahy-am-buhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural i·am·bi [ahy-, am, -bahy], i·am·bus·es.

Origin of iambus¹

1580–90; < Latin < Greek íambos

The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, .

An Iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.

This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest.

Antispast, an′ti-spast, n. in metre, a foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.

The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.

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[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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