Word Meanings - CHORIAMBIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n.

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• CHORIAMBIC
  Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• CHORIAMB
  See CHORIAMBUS
• CHORIAMBUS
  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. (more info) choriambus, Gr.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach