Iambus - English meaning
Iambus – definitions in English dictionary
nounA metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
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Word origin
late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).
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