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1. (n.) hexameter
a line of verse having six metrical feet.
2. (adj.) hexameter
consisting of six metrical feet.
Etymology: (1885–90; hexa-+methylene+tetr (a )- +amine)
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1. (noun) hexameter
a verse line having six metrical feet
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1. (adj) hexameter
having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees
2. (noun) hexameter
a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity
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