Iambic
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Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of anunaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
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See [iamb] and [iambic pentameter].
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used to refer to a rhythm (= pattern of words) used in poetry, in which each short syllable that is not stressed is followed by a long or stressed syllable:
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