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iamb
\ˈīˌam, -ˌaa(ə)m also -mb\ noun
(plural iambs \-mz\)
Etymology: Latin iambus, from Greek iambos
1. : a metrical foot of two syllables unstressed and stressed respectively (as in above, invent, and Tennyson's 4-foot line “he watches from his mountain walls”) or short and long respectively (as in classical prosody) : a disyllabic rising cadence — symbol ˘-; compare trochee
2. : verses written in iambs |