Crossword-Solution: CHORIAMBUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Choriambus | n. | A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. |
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| Four-syllable foot | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
IONTOEM
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A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with CHORIAMBUS (5)
But by virtue of the last principle--the retardation or acceleration of time--we have the proceleusmatic foot * * * *, and the 'dispondaeus' -- -- -- --, not to mention the 'choriambus', the ionics, paeons, and epitrites.
Thus the three words marked above make a 'choriambus'--u u --, or perhaps a 'paeon primus'--u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced.
But by virtue of the last principle—the retardation of acceleration of time—we have the proceleusmatic foot u u u u, and the _dispondæus_ - - - -, not to mention the _choriambus_, the ionics, pæons, and epitrites.
Thus, the three words marked above make a _choriambus_ -- u u, or perhaps a _pæon primus_ - u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced.
There is no sufficient reason for speaking of the choriambus as occurring in Shakspere's verse, because where four syllables occur in such succession as to form a sort of choriambus, they will be found to fill the place of _two_ ordinary feet, not of one; hence it would be irrational to combine them into one exceptional foot.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).