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Definition of Iambic
1. Noun. A verse line consisting of iambs.
2. Adjective. Of or consisting of iambs. "Iambic pentameter"
Definition of Iambic
1. a. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
2. n. An iambic foot; an iambus.
Definition of Iambic
1. Adjective. (context: Prosody) Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance ¹
2. Noun. (prosody) An iamb; A line or group of lines of iambs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Iambic
1. an iamb [n -S] - See also: iamb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iambic
Literary usage of Iambic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"This consists ot eight full iambic feet with the same substitutions as in ...
consists of four iambic feet. It is used in combination with some longer verse ..."
2. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1882)
"The pure iambic measure was seldom used by the Latin poete, ... In the construction
of the iambic Trimeter an accent should fall on the second syllable of ..."
3. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"While the poetry' elegiac form was a modification of the stately epic, the iambic
starts from the opposite pole. To the Greeks it seemed the nearest of all ..."
4. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"44 ] iambic poetry was the weapon which dealt the sabre- thrusts of Ionic
invective ; and the cultivation of the iambic measures remained an almost ..."
5. A History of Ancient Greek Literature by Harold North Fowler (1902)
"The connection of iambic poetry with the festivals of Demeter is therefore not
... Certainly the iambic poems partake of the nature of satiric gibes, ..."
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