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iambic — IÁMBIC, Ă, iambici, ce, adj. Care aparţine iambilor, privitor la iambi; scris în iambi. ♢ Metru iambic = sistem de versificaţie care are la bază iambul. – Din fr. iambique, lat. iambicus. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 iámbic adj. m … Dicționar Român
Iambic — I*am bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [1913 Webster] Thy gen | ius calls | thee not | to pur | chase fame In keen | iam |… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Iambic — I*am bic, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
iambic — [ī am′bik] adj. [< Fr or L: Fr iambique < L iambicus < Gr iambikos] of or made up of iambs n. 1. an iamb 2. [usually pl.] an iambic line of poetry … English World dictionary
iambic — Poetry ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of or using iambuses. ► NOUN (iambics) ▪ verse using iambuses … English terms dictionary
iambic — 1. adjective Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic. 2. noun An iamb; A line… … Wiktionary
iambic — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic,… … Moby Thesaurus
iambic — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Verse] Syn. iambic pentameter, rhyme, versification; see poetry , verse 1 . 2. [A poetic meter] Syn. metrical foot, iambus, iamb; see foot 4 , meter … English dictionary for students
iambic — i·am·bic || aɪ æmbɪk n. (Poetry) iambus, foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is long and the second short or the first syllable is stressed and the second unstressed); verse composed of iambic feet adj. of or pertaining to… … English contemporary dictionary
iambic — n. 1. Iambus. 2. Iambic verse … New dictionary of synonyms
