Definitions for iambusaɪˈæm bəs
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
i•am•busaɪˈæm bəs(n.)(pl.)-bi; -bus•es.
Category: Literature, Prosody
Ref: iamb
Origin of iambus:
1580–90; < L < Gk íambos
Princeton's WordNet
iamb, iambus(noun)
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Wiktionary
iambus(Noun)
an iamb
Origin: From Greek ἴαμβος "a poetic meter".
Webster Dictionary
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
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Iambus
a metrical foot, consisting of two syllables, of which the first is short and the second long, or in which the stress is on the second.
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