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Meaning of CHOLIAMB

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cho"li*amb\, Choliambic \Cho`li*am"bic\, n. [L.
choliambus, Gr. ?; ? lame + ? an iambus.] (Pros.)
A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in
the sixth or last.

 

 

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