I‐am″bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet.
☞ The following couplet consists of iambic verses.
Thy gen- | ius calls | thee not | to pur- | chase fame
In keen | iam- | bics, but | mild an- | agram. Dryden.
2. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.