Definitions for: Iambus

[n] a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

Webster (1913) Definition: I*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Iambi, E. Iambuses. [L.
iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus
being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to
throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.)
A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by
an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under
Iambic, n.

Synonyms: iamb

See Also: foot, metrical foot, metrical unit

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