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The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else.
John C. McGinley

Meaning of "iambic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IAMBIC

iambic  [aɪˈæmbɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IAMBIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Iambic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IAMBIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of iambic in the English dictionary

The first definition of iambic in the dictionary is of, relating to, consisting of, or using an iamb or iambs. Other definition of iambic is denoting a type of satirical verse written in iambs. Iambic is also a metrical foot, line, or stanza of verse consisting of iambs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IAMBIC


alembic
əˈlɛmbɪk
choliambic
ˌkəʊlɪˈæmbɪk
choriambic
ˌkɒrɪˈæmbɪk
columbic
kəˈlʌmbɪk
coulombic
kuːˈlɒmbɪk
dithyrambic
ˌdɪθɪˈræmbɪk
galliambic
ˌɡælɪˈæmbɪk
Lambic
ˈlæmbɪk
limbic
ˈlɪmbɪk
orthorhombic
ˌɔːθəʊˈrɒmbɪk
plumbic
ˈplʌmbɪk
rhombic
ˈrɒmbɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IAMBIC

iamb
iambi
iambic pentameter
iambically
iambist
iambographer
iambus
ianthine
IAP
Iapetus
IARU
IAS
IATA
iatric
iatrical
iatrochemical
iatrochemist
iatrochemistry
iatrogenic
iatrogenically

WORDS THAT END LIKE IAMBIC

acerbic
aerobic
agoraphobic
amebic
amoebic
anaerobic
claustrophobic
coxcombic
cubic
gum arabic
homophobic
hydrophobic
Islamophobic
monosyllabic
necrophobic
phobic
pubic
suprapubic
tombic
xenophobic

Synonyms and antonyms of iambic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «iambic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IAMBIC

Find out the translation of iambic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of iambic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «iambic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抑扬格
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yámbico
570 millions of speakers

English

iambic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

IAMBIC
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإيامبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ямб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

iâmbico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাঁচমাত্রার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

iambique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Iambic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jambisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短長格の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약강
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Iambic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bài thơ iambus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயாம்பிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सशक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir kısa bir uzun hece ölçüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giambico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

iambic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ямб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iambic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιαμβικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jambe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

iambic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

iambic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of iambic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IAMBIC»

The term «iambic» is normally little used and occupies the 113.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IAMBIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «iambic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «iambic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about iambic

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4 QUOTES WITH «IAMBIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word iambic.
1
Neil Patrick Harris
It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.
2
John C. McGinley
The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else.
3
Howard Nemerov
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.
4
Calvin Trillin
You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IAMBIC»

Discover the use of iambic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to iambic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Iambic Ideas: Essays on a Poetic Tradition from Archaic ...
Iambic Ideas explores the concept of the 'iambic' as a genre.
Alberto Cavarzere, Antonio Aloni, Alessandro Barchiesi, 2001
2
Horace's Iambic Criticism: Casting Blame (Iambik? Poi?sis)
By examining the relationship of the iambic tradition with ritual, this book studies how Horace’s Epodes are more than partisan (consolidating Octavian’s victory by projecting hostilities onto powerless others) but a meta-partisan ...
Timothy S. Johnson, 2011
3
Greek iambic poetry: from the seventh to the fifth centuries BC
Other major poets in this volume are Semonides, best known for a long misogynistic poem describing ten types of wives; and Hipponax, who was much admired by the poets of Hellenistic Alexandria, in part for his depictions of the licentious ...
Douglas E. Gerber, 1999
4
The Mother of God Visits Hell (A Play in Iambic Pentameter)
"The Mother of God Visits Hell" by Daniel Guyton... is tightly structured, with an amazing premise... The story captivates you. It has a premise that is delectable to the nth degree.
Daniel Guyton, 2009
5
Polyeideia: The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic ...
This book provides a new literary treatment of an often-overlooked collection of fragmentary poems from the third century B.C.E. Alexandrian poet Callimachus.
Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, 2002
6
Strict Metrical Tradition: Variations in the Literary Iambic ...
Keppel-Jones approaches this subject in a way that somewhat resembles Derek Attridge's, but is in fact very different.
David Keppel-Jones, 2001
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Phormio
1-152, iambic senarii. 153, 154, trochaic octonarii. 155, trochaic septenarius. 1 56 , iambic septenarius. 157, trochaic octonarius. 158, 159, trochaic septenarii. 160- 162, iambic octonarii. 163, iambic quaternarius. 164-176, iambic octonarii. 177 ...
Publius Terentius Afer, Terence, 1967
8
P. Terenti Afri Andria
394-403 . iambic octonarii. 404-480 . iambic senarii. 481-484 . bacchiac tetrameters. 485. . . . iambic quaternarius catalectic. 486 .... iambic senarius. 487- 496 . iambic octonarii. 497-498 . iambic senarii. 499-505 . iambic octonarii. 506 ... . iambic ...
Terence, Henry Rushton Fairclough, 1901
9
Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry
16), but also invented a stichic use of iambic-lyric metres ('meliamboi'), which were based on the dactylo- epitrites of the lyric-choral tradition.154 Callimachus and Theocritus tend to restrict their metrical experimental- ism to relatively short, ...
Marco Fantuzzi, Richard Hunter, 2005
10
The Poems of Phillis Wheatley
"An Answer to the Rebus" departs from the heroic couplet in its last four lines to employ iambic tetrameter. She attempted her most complicated formal poetic pattern in "An Hymn to Humanity," a poor poem; but her one use of ballad stanza was ...
Phillis Wheatley, Julian Dewey Mason, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IAMBIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term iambic is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Lost' & 'Won': Picking up where the Bard left off - Pantagraph.com
The hardest part: "Writing dialogue in iambic pentameter verse is incredibly tough! It's tremendously time-consuming. And, unlike Shakespeare ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
2
Jon Vickers told it on the mountain at his final public performance …
... somewhat stiffly in the opening minutes, but soon enough with a steady feeling for the iambic rhythm,” I reported in the Montreal Gazette the ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Casualty's 'Sin City' episode branded worst ever - Features - TV …
... was written in iambic pentameter to drive home the similarities between the show's David and Maddie and the Shrew's Kate and Petruchio. «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Shakespeare on the Lawn returns to Ashford Manor
So goes the rhyming cadence of the story of Othello, retold 400 years later not in iambic pentameter but as a rap. Rose of Athens will be ... «Oconee Enterprise, Jul 15»
5
Review: Hudson Village Theatre casts The Glass Menagerie in a …
... Malvolio-like note of fuddy-duddiness over the blaring effect of the radio mics, which sometimes gave the impression of iambic pentameter as ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Actor Roger Rees made Shakespeare come alive
“The verse form was liberating back then, in 1590, the iambic pentameter. It was more human. 'And now we take you back to CNN' — that's a ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Shakespeare in space! NVA set to visit 'Planet'
And the show's text, Carberry adds, is written in iambic pentameter, another Shakespearean salute. “We call it 'Fakespeare' — that's our term ... «The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jul 15»
8
COLUMN-Me, Truman Capote and Harper Lee
A few years later, I published my first novel, A World Made of Fire, a Southern Gothic tale written in iambic pentameter, set in the Alabama ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
9
Memories of actor Roger Rees
“The verse form was liberating back then, in 1590, the iambic pentameter. It was more human. 'And now we take you back to CNN' — that's a ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
Me, Truman and Harper Lee - Reuters
A few years later, I published my first novel, A World Made of Fire, a Southern Gothic tale written in iambic pentameter, set in the Alabama ... «Reuters Blogs, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Iambic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/iambic>. Apr 2024 ».
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