IAMBIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iambic mean? 

• IAMBIC (noun)
  The noun IAMBIC has 1 sense:

1. a verse line consisting of iambs

  Familiarity information: IAMBIC used as a noun is very rare.

• IAMBIC (adjective)
  The adjective IAMBIC has 1 sense:

1. of or consisting of iambs

  Familiarity information: IAMBIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IAMBIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A verse line consisting of iambs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("iambic" is a kind of...):

verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)

• IAMBIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or consisting of iambs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

iambic pentameter

Domain category:

metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)

Pertainym:

iamb (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables)