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hexameter Definition


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hexameter
noun
    1. A line or verse with six measures or feet.
    2. In Greek and Latin poetry: a line of verse with six feet where the first four are dactyls or spondees, the fifth usually a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee or a trochee.
Etymology: 16c.



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