Plural form of choriambus; multiple metrical feet with the long-short-short-long syllable pattern.
From Greek 'choriamboi/choriamboi' with English plural '-es' added. This is the Anglicized plural used when discussing classical meter in English.
English did something fun here—the Greek plural 'choriamboi' became 'choriambuses' to make it feel more English, similar to how 'octopus' becomes 'octopuses' even though 'octopods' is more Greek-accurate.
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