Dimeter Definition

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

Other Word Forms of Dimeter

Noun

Singular:
dimeter
Plural:
dimeters

Origin of Dimeter

  • Late Latin dimeter, dimetrus having two verses from Greek dimetros di- two di–1 metron meter meter1

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

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Words Starting With

DDIDIM

Words Ending With

RERTER

Unscrambles

dimeter

Words Starting With D and Ending With R

Starts With D & Ends With RStarts With DI & Ends With RStarts With D & Ends With ER

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With D7 Letter Words Ending With R