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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as amphibrach.

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  • Four groups, each practically uttered as one word: the first, in this case, an iamb; the second, an amphibrachys; the third, a trochee; and the fourth, an amphimacer; and yet our schoolboy, with no other liberty but that of inflicting pain, had triumphantly scanned it as five iambs.

    Essays in the Art of Writing Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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