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choliambic, a. Pros.|kəʊlɪˈæmbɪk|
[mod. ad. Gr. χωλιαµβικ-ός, f. χωλίαµβος, see prec.; cf. F. choliambique.]
Of, or pertaining to, the choliamb.
1832Philol. Museum I. 285 The ancient choliambic poetry of Hipponax. 1883Athenæum 31 Mar. 400/3 The choliambic metre, as employed by Babrius.
b. subst. in pl.
1699Bentley Phal., Of æsop's Fables v, After him came one Babrius, that gave a new turn of the fables into choliambicks. 1882Athenæum No. 2863. 340 This simple and charming writer of choliambics. |