CHORIAMBUS


Meaning of CHORIAMBUS in English

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

Derivatives:

choriambic adj.

Etymology: LL Gk khoriambos f. khoreios of the dance + IAMBUS

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.