Choriambus /(?)/

Cho·ri·am·bus

Choriambus

n.

pl. Choriambi, Choriambuses

  1. 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. (Anc. Pros.)