iamb

Meaning

Noun

A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Related

Similar words

iambus, jambus

Origin

From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος. Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.

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