Dictionary
i•amb
Pronunciation: (ī'am, ī'amb), [key]—
n. Pros.
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in
Come live / with me / and be / my love.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.