CHOLIAMBUS


Meaning of CHOLIAMBUS in English

/koh'lee am"beuhs/ , n. , pl. choliambi /-buy/ . Pros.

a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.

[ cholíambos, equiv. to chol ( ós ) lame, halting + íambos IAMB ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .