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4 Letter Words for Iamb
bima, iamb, mabi
3 Letter Words for Iamb
abm, aim, amb, ami, bai, bam, bim, iba, ibm, mab, mba, mia, mib
Definitions for Iamb
[1] a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
[2] a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –)
[3] a line of verse of such feet
Words related to Iamb
Words nearby Iamb
iaea, iaf, iago, ialysus, iamaw, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, iambus, ian, iap
Origin of Iamb
First recorded in 1835–45; short for iambus
Word origin for Iamb
C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos
Synonyms for Iamb
blank verse, dactylic hexameter, iambus