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iambist

iambist noun: one who writes in iambic meter.

Noun

iambist (plural iambists)

  1. One who writes in iambic meter.

Forms of iambist

pluraliambists

Origin of iambist

From iamb + -ist.

Questions about iambist

What does iambist mean?
Iambist means one who writes in iambic meter.
What part of speech is iambist?
Iambist is a noun.
What is the plural of iambist?
The plural of iambist is iambists.

Words near iambist in the dictionary

  1. iambical
  2. iambically
  3. iambick
  4. iambicks
  5. iambics
  6. iambist
  7. iambists
  8. iambisyllabic
  9. iambize
  10. iambized
  11. iambizes

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