hexametric
ɪ noun
1.
2.
any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry.
adjective
3.
consisting of six metrical feet.
Origin:
1540–50; < Latin < Greek hexámetros of six measures, equivalent to hexa- hexa- + métr(on) measure + -os adj. suffix
1540–50; < Latin < Greek hexámetros of six measures, equivalent to hexa- hexa- + métr(on) measure + -os adj. suffix
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| —n | |
| 1. | a verse line consisting of six metrical feet |
| 2. | (in Greek and Latin epic poetry) a verse line of six metrical feet, of which the first four are usually dactyls or spondees, the fifth almost always a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or trochee |
| hexametric | |
| —adj | |
| hex'ametral | |
| —adj | |
| hexa'metrical | |
| —adj | |
| hexameter (hɛkˈsæmɪtə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a verse line consisting of six metrical feet |
| 2. | (in Greek and Latin epic poetry) a verse line of six metrical feet, of which the first four are usually dactyls or spondees, the fifth almost always a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or trochee |
| hexametric | |
| —adj | |
| hex'ametral | |
| —adj | |
| hexa'metrical | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
hexameter
1546, from L. hexameter, from Gk. hexametros, from hex "six" + metron "meter" (see meter (2)).
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