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).
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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:
Anagrams of iambus
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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