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a. [ L. choriambicus, gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a choriamb. --
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n. A diiambus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ L. galliambus a song used by the priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus ] (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ See Jambeux. ] Greaves; armor for the legs. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. iambe. See Lambus. ] An iambus or iambic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. iambicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. iambique. ]
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☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Iambic. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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