iambic

English

Alternative forms

• iambick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmbɪk

Adjective

Wikipedia

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

1. (Prosody) Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance
   • 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17

     [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.

Derived terms

• iambic pentameter
• iambic tetrameter

Translations

consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance

• Dutch: jambisch (nl)
• French: iambique
• German: jambisch (de)
• Greek: ιαμβικός (el) (iamvikós)

• Italian: giambico (it)
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁmpskī (sh)
• Spanish: yámbico (es)
• Swedish: jambisk

Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

1. (prosody) An iamb; A line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

• trochaic