Definition of Iambic

1. Adjective. Of or consisting of iambs. "Iambic pentameter"

Category relationships: Metrics, Prosody
Partainyms: Iamb

2. Noun. A verse line consisting of iambs.
Generic synonyms: Verse, Verse Line

Definition of Iambic

1. a. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

2. n. An iambic foot; an iambus.

Definition of Iambic

1. Adjective. (context: Prosody) Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance ¹

2. Noun. (prosody) An iamb; A line or group of lines of iambs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Iambic

1. an iamb [n -S] - See also: iamb

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Literary usage of Iambic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"This consists ot eight full iambic feet with the same substitutions as in ... consists of four iambic feet. It is used in combination with some longer verse ..."

2. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1882)
"The pure iambic measure was seldom used by the Latin poete, ... In the construction of the iambic Trimeter an accent should fall on the second syllable of ..."

3. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"While the poetry' elegiac form was a modification of the stately epic, the iambic starts from the opposite pole. To the Greeks it seemed the nearest of all ..."

4. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"44 ] iambic poetry was the weapon which dealt the sabre- thrusts of Ionic invective ; and the cultivation of the iambic measures remained an almost ..."

5. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Harold North Fowler (1902)
"The connection of iambic poetry with the festivals of Demeter is therefore not ... Certainly the iambic poems partake of the nature of satiric gibes, ..."

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