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iambist

Meaning of "iambist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IAMBIST

aɪˈæmbɪst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IAMBIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Iambist is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES IAMBIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of iambist in the English dictionary

The definition of iambist in the dictionary is one who writes iambs.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IAMBIST

Arabist · bist · blurbist · cambist · clubbist · Cubist · diatribist · dithyrambist · drabbest · gambist · Hobbist · marimbist · phobist · theophobist · theorbist · tubist · vibist

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IAMBIST

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE IAMBIST

A list · A-list · alchemist · an iron fist · artist · assist · Christ · dentist · exist · exorcist · fist · hist · list · playlist · specialist · tourist · twist · waist · watchlist · wish list

Synonyms and antonyms of iambist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «iambist» into 25 languages

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iambist
1,325 millions of speakers
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iambist
570 millions of speakers
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iambist
510 millions of speakers
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iambist
380 millions of speakers
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iambist
280 millions of speakers
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iambist
278 millions of speakers
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iambist
270 millions of speakers
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iambist
260 millions of speakers
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iambist
220 millions of speakers
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Iambist
190 millions of speakers
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iambist
180 millions of speakers
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iambist
130 millions of speakers
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iambist
85 millions of speakers
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Iambist
85 millions of speakers
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iambist
80 millions of speakers
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iambist
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Iambist
75 millions of speakers
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iambist
70 millions of speakers
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iambist
65 millions of speakers
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iambist
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iambist
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iambist
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iambist
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iambist
14 millions of speakers
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iambist
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iambist
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about iambist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IAMBIST»

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Horace's Iambic Criticism: Casting Blame (Iambik? Poi?sis)
in a fashion beyond her station, and the male iambist is taking her down a notch by reminding her who she really is. If so, her character parallels Alfius (epode 2) and the slave-now-military tribune (epode 4). The iambist incidentally implies that  ...
Timothy S. Johnson, 2011
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Iambic Poetics in the Roman Empire
telling in this regard is his Eis ta emmetra (2.1.39 1⁄4 PG 37: 1329–36), in which he defends his poetic endeavors and lashes out at a detractor, whom he describes as an iambist. In this statement of his own poetic agenda, which barely  ...
Tom Hawkins, 2014
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Iambic Ideas: Essays on a Poetic Tradition from Archaic ...
The Callimachean revision of Hipponax is by no means a final triumph of civilization over aggressivity.44 But the Horatian revision of Callimachus does suggest a distancing from a harmless, disarmed iambist. Perhaps a similar approach is ...
Alberto Cavarzere, Antonio Aloni, Alessandro Barchiesi, 2001
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A Companion to the Greek Lyric Poets
some impression of Hipponax' poetry, but few of these texts can be interpreted with any confidence, owing both to their lacunose state and to the native difficulty of the iambist's manner. In general, we seem to be dealing with a poet who ...
Douglas E. Gerber, 1997
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Lyric Texts & Consciousness
lyric poet in the ancient sense, that is, a composer of songs for the lyre, while Archilochus was an iambist. Sappho's poetry, as such, should be more closely related to that of her fellow lyrists — such as Alcaeus, Alcman, or Pindar — than to that ...
Paul Allen Miller, 2013
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The epodes of Horace: a study in poetic arrangement
... 17 Ilaiyvwt mit bukolischen Einschlag: 2, 3 Politische Gedichte: 7, 9, 16 Personliches Gedicht an Méizenas (mit politischem Einschlag): 1 Liebesgedichte : 11, 14, 15 Trinklied: 13 Fraenkel :28 A. In the Iambist's Manner: 2, 10; 4, 6, 8, 12 (fierce ...
Robert W. Carrubba, 1969
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal
It should be noted, however, that even in his role as iambist Horace avoids too direct an attack: after formulating his enmity with the unnamed adversary in individual terms (2: tecum mihi discordia est), he observes how his indignation is shared ...
Susanna Braund, Josiah Osgood, 2012
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Why Horace?: A Collection of Interpretations
Epode 6 provides an instructive example of the iambist's bestial incarnations. The speaker there assumes the metaphorical role of a sheepdog14 (amica vis pastoribus) in contradistinction to the addressee, a canis ignavus (presumably a  ...
William Scovil Anderson, 1999
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Sextus Propertius: The Augustan Elegist
The other emerges on the hypothesis to be offered in Chapter 3 that 'Gallus' is the elegist C. Cornelius Gallus: on that assumption Propertius is also comparing and contrasting Bassus qua iambist and Gallus qua elegist in their attempts to ...
Francis Cairns, 2006
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Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness: The Birth of a Genre ...
Hence, it is only natural thatthefirst person speakers featured in the two forms wouldbe constituted inseparate ways. Sapphowas, of course, a lyric poetintheancient sense, thatis,a composerofsongs for thelyre, while Archilochus was an iambist.
Paul Allen Miller, 2005

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IAMBIST»

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Off to a bee in DC; Pacheco ace heads east for spelling contest
In March, Patrizzia Fox-Beaudet captured first place in the Record Searchlight's regional Spelling Bee with the words "iambist" and "reparations ... «Record-Searchlight, May 12»
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Indian River County eighth-grader wins regional spelling bee, trip to …
Iambist: One who writes verse containing metrical feet of two syllables unstressed and stressed respectively or short and long respectively. «Fort Pierce Tribune, Mar 12»
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Un-Bee-lievable 3rd win in a row for super speller Arvind Mahankali
His final competition for a spot at the nationals came from Yael Kolp, who misspelled “iambist.” Arvind corrected Yael's mistake and then ... «New York Daily News, Mar 12»
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Sixth-grader wins Gazette Spelling Bee
Danis asked for the language of origin of “iambist.” The Greek word means a person who writes in verse with one short syllable followed by one ... «WSOC Charlotte, Mar 12»
REFERENCE
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