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hexameter definition

hex·am·eter (hek sam′ə tər)

noun

  1. a line of verse containing six metrical feet or measures; specif., the six-foot dactylic line of classical verse, the first four feet of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or trochee
  2. verse consisting of hexameters

Etymology: L hexameter < Gr hexametros: see hexa- & meter

adjective

having six metrical feet or measures

Related Forms:

  • hexametric hex′a·met′·ric (hek′sə me′trik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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