Iambic

I*am"bic

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