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iamb

[ ahy-am, ahy-amb ]

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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.

iamb

/ ˈaɪæm; ˈaɪæmb; aɪˈæmbəs /

a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one ( )
a line of verse of such feet

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Origin of iamb¹

First recorded in 1835–45; short for iambus

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Origin of iamb¹

C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos

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All I can say is, iamb happy to have been there for it.

Five iambs and an anapest was the beat he tramped to now.

Without the translation, the vuvv’s ode, its scratchy iambs and dactyls, sound like someone walking forcefully in corduroys.

That’s the spirit of the terrible, wonderful “Desperate Measures”: Have iamb, will travel.

You could wish that Mr. Stuelpnagel had found more to work with in the iambs.

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