*iamb*

n.; pl. Choriambs Same as Choriambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. choriambicus, gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n. A choriamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Choriambi E. Choriambuses [ L. choriambus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a choreus + &unr_; iambus. ] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ˘ ˘ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A diiambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_;. See Lambus. ] (Pros.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (&unr_; &unr_; &unr_; &unr_;). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]

2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon. [ 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 ]