limping verse

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• scazon —   n. limping verse; choliamb.    ♦ scazontic, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

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• Choliamb — Choliambic verse (also known as limping iambs or scazons or halting iambic [1]) is a form of meter in poetry. It is found in both Greek and Latin poetry in the classical period. Choliambic verse is sometimes called scazon, or lame iambic ,… …   Wikipedia

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• doggerel — Synonyms and related words: Doric, Hudibrastic verse, amphigory, barbaric, barbarous, burlesque, cacophonous, caricatural, clumsy, coarse, crambo, crambo clink, crude, dysphemistic, farcical, graceless, gross, halting meters, harsh, improper,… …   Moby Thesaurus