iamb Pros.
(ˈaɪæmb)
[a. F. iambe, ad. L. iamb-us.]
= iambus.
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci. etc. s.v. Iambics, To add three short syllables to the last iamb. 1847 Schmitz tr. Zumpt's Lat. Gram. App. i. 553 Two anapaests, according to the analogy of two iambs, make an anapaestic metre. 1894 Athenæum 24 Mar. 372/2 Using the phrase ‘rising rhythm’ to denote an iamb. |