iambic
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Etymology edit
From Middle French ïambique, from Late Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)
- (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]
- 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17:
- [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.
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Translations edit
consisting of iambs or characterized by their predominance
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Noun edit
iambic (plural iambics)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French iambique, from Latin iambicus.
Adjective edit
iambic m or n (feminine singular iambică, masculine plural iambici, feminine and neuter plural iambice)
Declension edit
Declension of iambic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | iambic | iambică | iambici | iambice | ||
definite | iambicul | iambica | iambicii | iambicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | iambic | iambice | iambici | iambice | ||
definite | iambicului | iambicei | iambicilor | iambicelor |