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81Iambuses — Iambus I*am bus, n.; pl. L. {Iambi}, E. {Iambuses}. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. {Jet} a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short… …
82Historical kana usage — The nihongo|historical kana usage|歴史的仮名遣|rekishiteki kanazukai refers to a kanazukai (system of spelling the Japanese syllabary) that is antiquated, because it is no longer in accord with the Japanese pronunciation nowadays. It differs from… …
83Acharya Hemachandra — Hemachandra Surī ( sa. हेमचन्द्र सूरी) (1089–1172) was an Indian Jain scholar, poet, and polymath who wrote on grammar, philosophy, prosody, and contemporary history. Noted as a prodigy by his contemporaries, he gained the title Kalikāl Sarvagya …
84Tribrach (poetry) — A tribrach is a metrical foot used in formal poetry and Greek and Latin verse. In quantitative meter (such as the meter of classical verse), it consists of three short syllables; in accentual syllabic verse (such as formal English verse), the… …
85Basit — Basīṭ (Arabic: بسيط), or al basīṭ (البسيط), is a compound meter used in classical Arabic poetry. The word literally means simple or ordinary in Arabic.Its form is as follows (the letter L representing a long syllable and S representing a short… …
86Tawil — (Arabic: طويل), or al tawil (الطشيل), is a compound meter used in classical Arabic poetry.Its form is as follows (the letter L representing a long syllable and S representing a short syllable):: S L L | S L L | S L L | S L L : S L L | S L L | S L …
87bacchius — /beuh kuy euhs, ba /, n., pl. bacchii / kuy uy/. Pros. a foot of three syllables that in quantitative meter consists of one short syllable followed by two long ones, and that in accentual meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by two… …
88Historical kana orthography — The historical kana orthography (歴史的仮名遣, rekishiteki kanazukai?), or old orthography (旧仮名遣, kyūkanazukai …
89mantra — A mantra is a specially empowered spoken or chanted utterance, usually in SANSKRIT, although there are utterances called mantras in every Indian language. Mantras vary in size from one short syllable to a long chant, such as found in the… …
90irrational — /ɪˈræʃənəl / (say i rashuhnuhl) adjective 1. without the faculty of, or not endowed with, reason: irrational animals. 2. without, or deprived of, sound judgement: *She was a grown cow now, and a cow in calf at that, than which there is no more… …
