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Webster 1913 Edition


Iamb

I′amb

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
iambe
. See
Lambus
.]
An iambus or iambic.
[R.]

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iamb

iamb

English

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

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

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