galliambic


galliambic

(ˌɡælɪˈæmbɪk) prosodyadj (Poetry) of or relating to a metre consisting of four lesser Ionics, used by Callimachus and Catullus and imitated by Tennyson in Boadicean (Poetry) a verse in this metre[C19: from Latin galliambus song of the Galli (priests of Cybele)]