choriambicadj.n.
/kɔːrɪˈambɪk//kɒrɪˈambɪk/ Prosody.
A. adj.
Consisting of or containing choriambs.
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choriambic1749
1749 J. Mason Ess. Power of Numbers & Princ. Harmony 63 The tetrasyllable Foot called Choriambic is beautiful and very frequent in our best Poets. e.g. Daughter of God and Man, accomplish'd Eve. Milton.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 371 In choriambic and dactylic measure.
B. n.
a. A choriambic verse.
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1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 3) Coriambickes, verses made by satyrists.
b. A choriamb.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Choriambique, a foot in Meeter..as Flebilibus.
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