iambuses

We have found lemma(root) word of iambuses : iambus.

Definitions


[ʌɪˈambəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable


Phrases:

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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