Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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iambic | adjective | Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot., Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus., An iambic foot; an iambus., A verse composed of iambic feet., A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon. |
iambus | noun | A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n. |
iatric | adjective | Alt. of Iatrical |