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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -iambi-, *iambi*
Possible hiragana form: いあんび
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
iambi

WordNet (3.0)
iambic(n) a verse line consisting of iambs
iambic(adj) of or consisting of iambs, Example: iambic pentameter

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Iambic

a. [ L. iambicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. iambique. ] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Iambic

n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Iambical

a. Iambic. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Iambically

adv. In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Iambize

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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