IAMB


Meaning of IAMB in English

[iamb] or iam.bus n, pl iambs or iam.bus.es [L iambus, fr. Gk iambos] (1586): a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above) -- iam.bic adj or n

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