iambus

Meaning of iambus

noun

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).

Information about iambus

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of iambus

iambus

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • iambus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

iambus synonyms

Meaning iamb:

iamb

Anagrams of iambus

Basium

Words that rhyme with iambus

Cerambus, Crambus, Dithyrambus, chloriambus, choriambus, diiambus, elegiambus, galliambus, jambus, ynambus, embus, Limbus, Nimbus, cumulonimbus, fractonimbus, limbus, nimbus, Bombus, Strombus, bombus, kombus, microthrombus, ombus, rhombus, strombus, thrombus, Columbus, columbus, lumbus, Colymbus, podilymbus

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