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Definition of heptameter noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heptameter

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