Word Meaning

iambic definition and meaning

a. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
a. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
n. An iambic foot; an iambus.
n. A verse composed of iambic feet.
n. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.