choriamb

American  

[kawr-ee-amb, -am, kohr-] / ˈkɔr iˌæmb, -ˌæm, ˈkoʊr- /

noun

Prosody.

1. a foot of four syllables, two short between two long or two unstressed between two stressed.

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choriamb British  

/ ˈkɒrɪˌæmb, ˌkɒrɪˈæmbəs /

noun

1. prosody a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones ( )

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Other Word Forms

• choriambic adjective

Etymology

Origin of choriamb

First recorded in 1835–45; short for choriambus

Example Sentences

Choriamb, kō′ri-amb, n. a metrical foot of four syllables, the first and last long, the two others short.—adj. and n.

From Project Gutenberg

Choriamb, a classical foot, — ◡ ◡ —, 51.

From Project Gutenberg

Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡_◡, tribrach ◡◡◡, pyrrhic ◡◡, paeon _◡◡◡, choriamb _◡◡_.

From Project Gutenberg

God! to see Gaunt anapaests stand up out of the verse, Combative accents, stress where no stress should be, Spondee on spondee, iamb on choriamb, The thrill of the all the tribrachs in the world, And all the vowels rising to the E!

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