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mimiambic

mimiambic adjective: relating to mimiambs.

Adjective

mimiambic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to mimiambs.
    • Watson and others (Ingallina 1980: 357, Fedeli 1979: 95–6) are convincing in their observations of mimiambic elements in Epode 5, but this is not necessarily proof that the poem needs be wholly comic in tone—especially given the existence of characters who were, in Watson's own words, "coarsely...2017, Maxwell Teitel Paule, Canidia, Rome’s First Witch

Noun

mimiambic (plural mimiambics)

  1. A work consisting of mimiambs.

Forms of mimiambic

pluralmimiambics

Origin of mimiambic

From mimiamb + -ic.

Questions about mimiambic

What does mimiambic mean?
Mimiambic means relating to mimiambs.
What part of speech is mimiambic?
Mimiambic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near mimiambic in the dictionary

  1. mimetope
  2. mimetopes
  3. Mimi
  4. mimiamb
  5. mimiambi
  6. mimiambic
  7. mimiambics
  8. mimiambs
  9. mimiambus
  10. mimic
  11. mimic beetle

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