Definition of Iambuses. Meaning of Iambuses. Synonyms of Iambuses

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Definition of Iambuses

Iambuses
Iambus I*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Iambi, E. Iambuses. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

Meaning of Iambuses from wikipedia

- stresses per line. The metre is in large part an irregular mixture of iambuses (.-) and anapaests (..-). American-born British poet T. S. Eliot included...