Hexameter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.
  • n. In classical prosody, a line in which the first four feet are either dactylic or spondaic, the fifth dactylic, and the sixth spondaic.
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  • n. a line in a poem having six metrical feet
  • n. a poetic metre in which each line has six feet
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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 Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
  • adj. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In prosody, containing or consisting of six measures; having a length of six feet or six dipodies; especially, composed of six feet, of which the first four are dactyls or spondees, the fifth ordinarily a dactyl, sometimes a spondee, and the last a spondee or trochee: as, a hexameter line, verse, or period.
  • n. In prosody, a period, line, or verse consisting of six measures.
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  • n. a verse line having six metrical feet
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verse    verse line   
    Cross Reference
    perissosyllabic hexameter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pentameter    trimeter    doggrel    feet    rhapsodist   
     
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