Gāl'li-ām'bic, a.

a. [Lat. galliambus, a song used by the priests of Cybele, from Gallus, a name applied to these priests, and iambus.] (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable;—said of a certain kind of verse. E. A. Andrews.