choriambus
noun
cho·ri·am·bus
ˌkōrēˈambəs
plural choriambuses
-bəsə̇z
or choriambi -ˌbī
: a foot of four syllables in classical prosody in which the cadence of the trochee is followed by that of the iambus ( – ˘ ˘ – ) the corresponding pattern of cadence in accentual prosody (ó o o ó) consisting of the combination of trochee and iambus in succession
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin
- stay clear of
- stay cool
- stay friends
- stay hole
- stay holed up
- stay home
- stay in
- stay in practice
- stay law
- stay log
- stay mum
- stay of execution
- stay off
- stay on
- stay on her boss's good side
- stay one jump ahead
- stay out
- stay out of
- stay out of (something)
- stay out of someone's way
- stay out of something
- stay out of the way
- stay out of trouble
- stay over
- stay pin