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Iambic   Listen
noun
Iambic  n.  
1.
(Pros.)
(a)
An iambic foot; an iambus.
(b)
A verse composed of iambic feet. Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. "Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram."
2.
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.





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