tetrameter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tetrameter tetrameters tetrametre

Etymology

From tetra- + meter.

Derived words

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