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choliambic

choliambic adjective: employing or relating to choliambs, or limping iambs.

Adjective

choliambic (not comparable)

  1. Employing or relating to choliambs, or limping iambs.

Noun

choliambic (plural choliambics)

  1. A choliamb.

Forms of choliambic

pluralcholiambics

Origin of choliambic

From choliamb + -ic.

Questions about choliambic

What does choliambic mean?
Choliambic means employing or relating to choliambs, or limping iambs.
What part of speech is choliambic?
Choliambic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near choliambic in the dictionary

  1. choli
  2. Cholia
  3. Choliah
  4. Choliahs
  5. choliamb
  6. choliambic
  7. choliambics
  8. choliambist
  9. choliambists
  10. choliambs
  11. Choliar

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