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iamb

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"Two-syllable poetic foot"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪəm/Part of speech nounSorted abimStarts with IEnds with B1 clues
1I2A3M4B

Definitions

  1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

Word origin

From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin.

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