1. Adjective
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
2. Adjective
Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
3. Noun
An iambic foot; an iambus.
4. Noun
A verse composed of iambic feet.
5. Noun
A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
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