Pros. [ad. L. chōliambus, a. Gr. χωλίαμβος, f. χωλ-ός lame, halting + ἴαμβ-ος iambus; cf. F. choliambe.] An iambic verse with a spondee or trochee instead of an iambus in the last (sixth) foot; a scazon.
1844. Beck & Felton, trans. Munk’s Metres, 45. Hipponactean or limping verses, scazons or choliambs.
Hence Choliambist, a writer of choliambs.
1847. Grote, Greece (1862), III. xxix. 83. The Choliambist Hippônax.
