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(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

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iambic

Source Word

iambic

IPA(Pronunciation)

(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

Japanese Meaning

弱強脚格（韻律において、弱い音節と強い音節が交互に配列される詩形に関する）

The poet revised the line until its iambic rhythm felt effortless.

詩人は、その行が弱強の拍から成るリズムで自然に感じられるまで推敲した。

Sense（1）

(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

[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.

more iambic

（ comparative ）

most iambic

（ superlative ）