Iambus

ī-am′bus, n. a metrical foot of two syllables, the first short and the second long, as in L. fĭdēs ; or the first unaccented and the second accented, as in deduce —also Iamb′ .— adj. Iam′bic , consisting of iambics.— n. iambus.— adv. Iam′bically , in the manner of an iambic.— v.i. Iam′bise , to satirise in iambic verse.— n. Iambog′rapher , a writer of iambics. [L.,—Gr. iambos , from iaptein , to a ail, this metre being first used by writers of satire.]