choriambus
Americannoun
PLURAL
choriambi, choriambusesEtymology
Origin of choriambus
1840–50; < Late Latin < Greek choríambos, equivalent to chor ( eîos ) choric + íambos iamb
Example Sentences
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There is no sufficient reason for speaking of the choriambus as occurring in Shakspere's verse, because where four syllables occur in such succession as to form a sort of choriambus, they will be found to fill the place of two ordinary feet, not of one; hence it would be irrational to combine them into one exceptional foot.
From Project Gutenberg
The choriambus is a verse-foot consisting of a trochee united with and preceding an iambus, -∪∪-.
From Project Gutenberg
The Greater Asclepiad was a term used for a line in which the wild music was prolonged by the introduction of a supplementary choriambus.
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Thus, the three words marked above make a choriambus -- u u, or perhaps a pæon primus - u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced.
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Thus the three words marked above make a 'choriambus'—u u —, or perhaps a 'paeon primus'—u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced.
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