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iambic
[ ahy-am-bik ]
adjective
- Prosody.
- pertaining to the iamb.
- consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
- Greek Literature. noting or pertaining to satirical poetry written in iambs.
noun
- Prosody.
- an iamb.
- Usually iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
- Greek Literature. a satirical poem in this meter.
iambic
/ aɪˈæmbɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, consisting of, or using an iamb or iambs
- (in Greek literature) denoting a type of satirical verse written in iambs
noun
- a metrical foot, line, or stanza of verse consisting of iambs
- a type of ancient Greek satirical verse written in iambs
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Derived Forms
- iˈambically, adverb
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Other Words From
- i·ambi·cal·ly adverb
- uni·ambic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The AI assimilated his style and perspective by ingesting his plays—educating itself to give an opinion on AI creativity in iambic pentameter.
Max Fish and Snow are wed by more than their iambic assonance.
The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.
The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic.
There are four feet in each verse; so the poem is written in iambic tetrameter.
In this stanza the prevailing foot is iambic, but the first foot is trochaic.
It is contemplative and poised, and is frequently blended with other feet, especially with iambic, to express deliberation.
It will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.
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