Tetrameter Definition

tĕ-trămĭ-tər
noun
A line of verse containing four metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World
Verse consisting of tetrameters.
Webster's New World
Classical quantitative verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
American Heritage
A single line of such verse.
American Heritage
adjective
Having four metrical feet or measures.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tetrameter

Noun

Singular:
tetrameter
Plural:
tetrameters

Origin of Tetrameter

  • Late Latin tetrametrus from Greek tetrametron from neuter of tetrametros having four measures tetra- tetra- -metron measure –meter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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