heptameter
noun/hepˈtæmɪtə(r)/
/hepˈtæmɪtər/
(specialist)- a line of poetry with seven stressed syllablesWord Originlate 19th cent.: via late Latin from Greek heptametron, from hepta- ‘seven’ + metron ‘measure’.
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