Definitions for iambic

iambic i·am·bic

Spelling: [ahy-am-bik]
IPA: /aɪˈæm bɪk/

Iambic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in iambic (abciim).

Definitions for iambic

noun

  1. Prosody. an iamb. Usually, iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
  2. Greek Literature. a satirical poem in this meter.

adjective

  1. Prosody. pertaining to the iamb. consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
  2. Greek Literature. noting or pertaining to satirical poetry written in iambs.

Origin of iambic

1565-75; Latin iambicus Greek iambikós. See iambus, -ic

Examples for iambic

It is to Milton surely that the English iambic owes the praise of majesty.

Max Fish and Snow are wed by more than their iambic assonance.

In Middle English poetry, however, only iambic rhythms were used.

Our iambic in its sixth form, is commonly called the Alexandrine measure.

It must consist of exactly fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.

The translation is in iambic measure, and the specimen is concluded in the 2d vol.

But the difference of the iambic and heroic measure destroys that at once.

The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.

iambic lines are by very far the most frequent in English verse.

It wasnt exactly a hexameter nor yet an iambic mode of expression.

Word Value for iambic
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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