Pros. [ad. L. choriambus, a. Gr. χορίαμβος, f. χορ-εῖος CHOREE + ἴαμβος IAMB. Cf. F. choriambe. Also used in the Latin form.] A metrical foot composed of a choree followed by an iamb, and thus consisting of four syllables, the first and last long, the two others short.
1844. Beck & Felton, trans. Munk’s Metres, 129. The choriamb consists of six times, of which three are in the arsis, and three in the thesis.
1850. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, I. i. (L.). If you had asked him what ‘religio’ was, he would have replied at once that it was a choriambus.
