hexameter
Meanings
noun
- A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
- A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter.
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