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English Dictionary: Choriambus by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Choriambi}, E.
      {Choriambuses}. [L. choriambus, Gr. [?]; [?] a choreus + [?]
      iambus.] (Anc. Pros.)
      A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and
      last are long, and the other short (- [de] [de] -); that is,
      a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
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