choriambus

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10

Definition of choriambus

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.

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Etymology

From Latin choriambus, from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to choreus + iambus.

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9-letter words

1 word

8-letter words

7 words

7-letter words

25 words

6-letter words

89 words

5-letter words

77 words

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