hexameter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
  2. A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.

Word forms

hexameter hexameters hexametre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter.

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