cho·ri·amb (kôr  - mb , -m, k r-)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.] cho ri·ambic (-mb k) adj. |
choriamb [ˈkɒrɪˌæmb], choriambus [ˌkɒrɪˈæmbəs]
n pl -ambs, -ambi [-ˈæmbaɪ]
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (¯ ˘ ˘ ¯)
[from Late Latin choriambus, from Greek khoriambos, from khoreios trochee, of a chorus, from khoros chorus]
choriambic adj
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