choriamb

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  1. noun A metrical foot consisting of a trochee followed by an iamb, much used in Greek and Latin poetry.
  2. noun A foot of verse used in lyric poetry having two unstressed syllables flanked by the two rhythmic stresses marking the first and last syllables of the foot.

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  1. Late Latin choriambus, from Greek khoriambos : khoreios, trochee (from khoros, chorus; see chorus) + iambos, iamb.

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  1. Also, as L., choriambus, from Greek χορίαμβος, from χορεῑος, choreus, + ἴαμβος, iambus.
 

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