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iamb
[ ahy-am, ahy-amb ]
/ ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb /
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noun Prosody.
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
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Origin of iamb
First recorded in 1835–45; short for iambus
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iamb
iambus (aɪˈæmbəs)
/ (ˈaɪæm, ˈaɪæmb) /
noun plural iambs, iambi (aɪˈæmbaɪ) or iambuses prosody
a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –)
a line of verse of such feet
Word Origin for iamb
C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos
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