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iambus in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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iambic [Am aɪˈæmbɪk, Brit ʌɪˈambɪk] ADJ

I.ambush [Am ˈæmbʊʃ, Brit ˈambʊʃ] VB trans

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II.ambush [Am ˈæmbʊʃ, Brit ˈambʊʃ] N

nimbus <pl nimbuses or nimbi [-baɪ]> [Am ˈnɪmbəs, Brit ˈnɪmbəs] N

rhombus <pl rhombuses or rhombi [-baɪ]> [Am ˈrɑmbəs, Brit ˈrɒmbəs] N

combust [Am kəmˈbəst, Brit kəmˈbʌst] VB intr

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Hamburg [Am ˈhæmbərɡ, Brit ˈhambəːɡ] N

iambus in the PONS Dictionary

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They are always in heroic couplets, and the common metre is bacchic tetrameter with an iambus for last foot.
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The common element in all iambus is blame, drawing attention to dangerous or unsuitable behaviours.
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Thus, some types of poetry which would be included under the label lyric poetry in modern criticism -- namely, the elegy and iambus which were performed with flutes -- are excluded.
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