choriambn.
/ˈkɔːrɪamb/, /ˈkɒrɪamb/, U.S. /ˈkoʊriəm(b)/ Prosody.
A metrical foot composed of a choree followed by an iamb, and thus consisting of four syllables, the first and last long, the two others short.
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choriamb1844
1844 C. Beck & C. C. Felton tr. E. Munk Metres Greeks & Romans 129 The choriamb consists of six times, of which three are in the arsis, and three in the thesis.
1850 J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy i. i If you had asked him what ‘religio’ was, he would have replied at once that it was a choriambus.
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