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noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | ||||||||
| 60% | 11 | Poetic foot with short-long-short syllable pattern | ||||||
noun • A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). • A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica). | ||||||||
| 50% | 6 | A metrical foot consisting of one short or unstressed syllable followed by one long or stressed syllable | ||||||
noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | ||||||||
Poetic Foot With A Short And Long Syllable Crossword Clue
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IAMB which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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IAMB
Updated: October 11, 2023
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1 | A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable followed by one short syllable. | |
2 | Message communicated as "short-short-short, long-long-long, short-short-short"
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03 Apr 2024 | New York Times / 03 Apr 2024 |
3 | Poetic foot with a short and a long syllable
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5 | This metrical foot consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable followed by a short syllable. | |
6 | Two-syllable foot
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09 Sep 1976 | New York Times / 09 Sep 1976 |
7 | Two-syllable poetic foot
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