Iambic

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An iambic foot; an iambus.

2. A verse composed of iambic feet.

3. A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.