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iambical

iambical is the obsolete form of iambic.

Meaning of iambic

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

  1. Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed–stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance.
    • [J]ust before the rhythm becomes iambic, there will be a point reached at which the rhythm can hardly be said to be more iambic than it is trochaic.1908, Frank Gilbert Bruner, The Hearing of Primitive Peoples, page 17

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Words formed from iambical

Questions about iambical

What is iambical the obsolete form of?
Iambical is the obsolete form of iambic.

Words near iambical in the dictionary

  1. iambic pentameter
  2. iambic pentameters
  3. iambic shortening
  4. iambic shortenings
  5. iambic tetrameter
  6. iambical
  7. iambically
  8. iambick
  9. iambicks
  10. iambics
  11. iambist

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