hexameter

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Definition of hexameter

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noun

(countable)A line in a poem having six metrical feet.

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

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noun

(countable)A line in a poem having six metrical feet.

“The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango.”
(uncountable)A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.

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

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