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 Iambus.
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I*am"bic, n.
1. Pros.
- An iambic foot; an iambus.
- A verse composed of iambic feet.
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.
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