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Meaning of GALLYAMBIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gal`ly*am"bic\, a. [L. galliambus a song used by the
priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) +
iambus] (Pros.)
Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of
which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
 
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