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Hexameter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A line in a poem having six metrical feet. countable

    "The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango."

  2. 2
    a verse line having six metrical feet wordnet
  3. 3
    A poetic metre in which each line has six feet. uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter.

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