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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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