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Definition of: choriamb
(kôr′ē·amb, kō′rē-) noun
In prosody, a metrical foot of four syllables, the second and third short and the others long (¯̆̆¯). Also cho·ri·am·bus (kôr′ē·am′bəs, kō′rē-). [<L choriambus <Gk. choriambos <choreios trochee + iambos iambus]
—cho′ri·am′bic adjective & noun
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