Iambic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmbɪk

Alternative forms

• iambick obsolete

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός.

Adjective

1. (Prosody) Consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance
• 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17Just before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.

Derived terms

• iambic pentameter
• iambic tetrameter

Full definition of iambic

Noun

1. (prosody) An iamb; A line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

• trochaic