iambic

& 8. [Lat. iambic us, from Gr. iam bikos.] [IAMBUS.] A. As adjective : 1. Of or pertaining to the iambus. 2. Composed of iambics. "Our common conversation frequently falls into iam bic verse."-Twining: Aristotle ; On Poetry , pt. i., § 7. B. As substantive: 1. In Pros.: A foot consisting of one short and one long syllable, or one unaccented and one accented. 2. Pl .: Verses consisting of iambic feet. The iambic meter having been originally, according to Aristotle, employed in satirical poems, the term iambics came to be used as equivalent to a satire or lampoon. "Stings, with iambics , Bupalus his foe." Fawkes: Epitaph on Hipропах . *i-ăm'-bic-al, a. [Eng., ., iambic ; al .] The same as LAMBIC, a. (q. v.) (Meres, in Eng . Garner, ii. 110.) i-ăm-bic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. iambical; -ly.] In the manner of an iambic or iambics.