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choriambus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
choriambus /ˌkɒrɪˈambəs/

▶noun (pl. choriambi /-bʌɪ/) Prosody a metrical foot consisting of two short (or unstressed) syllables between two long (or stressed) ones.

– derivatives
choriambic adjective.

– origin C18: via late L. from Gk khoriambos, from khoreios ‘of the dance’ + iambos (see iambus).

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