iambic
Prosody.
pertaining to the iamb.
consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
Greek Literature. noting or pertaining to satirical poetry written in iambs.
Prosody.
an iamb.
Usually iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
Greek Literature. a satirical poem in this meter.
Origin of iambic
1Other words from iambic
- i·am·bi·cal·ly, adverb
- un·i·am·bic, adjective
Words Nearby iambic
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How to use iambic in a sentence
The AI assimilated his style and perspective by ingesting his plays—educating itself to give an opinion on AI creativity in iambic pentameter.
AI Shakespeare and AI Oscar Wilde Debate Machine Creativity at Oxford | Alex Connock | June 19, 2022 | Singularity HubMax Fish and Snow are wed by more than their iambic assonance.
The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.
The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThere are four feet in each verse; so the poem is written in iambic tetrameter.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
In this stanza the prevailing foot is iambic, but the first foot is trochaic.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterIt is contemplative and poised, and is frequently blended with other feet, especially with iambic, to express deliberation.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. CurryIt will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.
Browning and the Dramatic Monologue | S. S. Curry
British Dictionary definitions for iambic
/ (aɪˈæmbɪk) prosody /
of, relating to, consisting of, or using an iamb or iambs
(in Greek literature) denoting a type of satirical verse written in iambs
a metrical foot, line, or stanza of verse consisting of iambs
a type of ancient Greek satirical verse written in iambs
Derived forms of iambic
- iambically, adverb
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