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語源

From Middle French iambique, from Late Latin ïambicus, from Ancient Greek ἰαμβικός (iambikós), from ἴαμβος (íambos) + -ικός (-ikós).

発音

• IPA: /aɪˈæmbɪk/
• 韻: -æmbɪk

形容詞

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]
   • 1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17:

     [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.

派生語

名詞

iambic (plural iambics)

1. (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.

反意語

• trochaic

参照

アナグラム

• cimbia