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choriamb Pros.|ˈkɔərɪæmb, ˈkɒr-|
[ad. L. choriambus, a. Gr. χορίαµβος, f. χορ-εῖος choree + ἴαµβος iamb. Cf. F. choriambe. Also used in the Latin form.]
A metrical foot composed of a choree followed by an iamb, and thus consisting of four syllables, the first and last long, the two others short.
1844Beck & Felton tr. Munk's Metres 129 The choriamb consists of six times, of which three are in the arsis, and three in the thesis. 1850Hannay Singleton Fontenoy i. i. (L.), If you had asked him what ‘religio’ was, he would have replied at once that it was a choriambus. |