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Choriambic

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cho·ri·amb  (kôr-mb, -m, kr-)
n.
1. A metrical foot consisting of a trochee followed by an iamb, much used in Greek and Latin poetry.
2. A foot of verse used in lyric poetry having two unstressed syllables flanked by the two rhythmic stresses marking the first and last syllables of the foot.
[Late Latin choriambus, from Greek khoriambos : khoreios, trochee (from khoros, chorus; see chorus) + iambos, iamb.]
chori·ambic (-mbk) adj.


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