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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Iambic  \I*am"bic\,  a.  [L.  iambicus  Gr  ?:  cf  F.  iambique.] 
  1.  (Pros.)  Consisting  of  a  short  syllable  followed  by  a  long 
  one  or  of  an  unaccented  syllable  followed  by  an  accented; 
  as  an  iambic  foot. 
 
  2.  Pertaining  to  or  composed  of  iambics;  as  an  iambic 
  verse;  iambic  meter.  See  {Lambus}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Iambic  \I*am"bic\,  n. 
  1.  (Pros.) 
  a  An  iambic  foot;  an  iambus. 
  b  A  verse  composed  of  iambic  feet. 
 
  Note:  The  following  couplet  consists  of  iambic  verses. 
 
  Thy  gen-  |  ius  calls  |  thee  not  |  to  pur-  |  chase 
  fame  In  keen  |  iam-  |  bics,  but  |  mild  an-  | 
  agram.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  satirical  poem  (such  poems  having  been  anciently  written 
  in  iambic  verse);  a  satire;  a  lampoon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  iambic 
  adj  :  (prosody)  of  or  consisting  of  iambs;  "iambic  pentameter" 
  n  :  a  verse  line  consisting  of  iambs 




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