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IAMBIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line consisting of iambs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("iambic" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or consisting of iambs
Example:
iambic pentameter
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
Pertainym:
iamb (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables)
