iambus
noun/aɪˈæmbəs/
/aɪˈæmbəs/
(plural iambi
/aɪˈæmbaɪ/
/aɪˈæmbaɪ/
, iambuses)(also iamb)
(specialist)- a unit of sound in poetry consisting of one weak or short syllable followed by one strong or long syllableTopics Literature and writingc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: Latin, from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).
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