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Meaning of iambus in English
Pronunciation
/aɪˈæmbəs/
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Noun
iambus
Etymology
late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists)
Definitions
1.
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables