pentameter

[ pen-tam-i-ter ]

noun
  1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

  2. Also called elegiac pentameter. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable.

  1. unrhymed verse of five iambic feet; heroic verse.

adjective
  1. consisting of five metrical feet.

Origin of pentameter

1
1540–50; <Latin pentametrus<Greek pentámetros.See penta-, meter2

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pentameter

/ (pɛnˈtæmɪtə) /


noun
  1. a verse line consisting of five metrical feet

  2. (in classical prosody) a verse line consisting of two dactyls, one stressed syllable, two dactyls, and a final stressed syllable

adjective
  1. designating a verse line consisting of five metrical feet

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