CHORIAMBUS


Meaning of CHORIAMBUS in English

n. (pl. choriambi) Prosody a metrical foot consisting of two short (unstressed) syllables between two long (stressed) ones. choriambic adj.

[ LL Gk khoriambos f. khoreios of the dance + IAMBUS ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.