CHOLIAMBIC

Meaning of CHOLIAMBIC in English

|kōlē|ambik adjective

Etymology: Late Latin choliamb us choliamb + English -ic

: of or belonging to a choliamb : consisting of choliambic lines

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CHOLIAMBIC — (n.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
Английский словарь Webster
CHOLIAMBIC — ( n. ) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOLIAMBIC — noun a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
Webster English vocab
HIPPONACTEAN — I. |hipəˌnak|tēən, -|naktē- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Hipponacte us of Hipponax (from Hipponact-, Hipponax, 6th century B.C. Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIMIAMBI — ˌmīmēˈamˌbī, ˌmim- noun plural Etymology: Latin, from Greek mimiamboi, from mimos mime + iamboi, plural of iambos iamb : mimes …
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CHOLIAMB — (n.) Alt. of Choliambic
Английский словарь Webster
CHOLIAMB — ( n. ) Alt. of Choliambic
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOLIAMB — noun ·alt. of choliambic.
Webster English vocab
BABRIUS — flourished 2nd century AD in full (?) Valerius Babrius author of the oldest surviving collection of fables in Greek. Nothing …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHOLIAMB — n. Prosody = SCAZON. choliambic adj. [ LL choliambus f. Gk kholiambos f. kholos lame: see IAMBUS ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHOLIAMB — n. Prosody SCAZON. Derivatives: choliambic adj. Etymology: LL choliambus f. Gk kholiambos f. kholos lame: see IAMBUS
Oxford English vocab

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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