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Four-syllable foot
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choriambus
Word definitions for choriambus in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context poetry English) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. Choriambi , E. Choriambuses . [L. choriambus, Gr. ?; ? a choreus + ? iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- [crescent] [crescent] -); ...