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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Iambic

· I·am·bic · IPA /aɪˈæmbɪk/
01 a. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
  1. 1.
    Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.(Pros.)
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus. See: Lambus
02 n. An iambic foot; an iambus.
  1. 1.
    An iambic foot; an iambus.(Pros.)
    “Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.