1) Four-syllable foot
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• (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
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Cho`ri·am'bus noun ;
plural Latin
Choriambi , English
Choriambuses . [ Latin
choriambus , Greek ...; ... a choreus + ... iambus.]
(Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ⌣ ⌣ -); that...
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In prosody, a choriambus is a foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; that is, a choreus or trochee, and an iambus united.
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