hexameter
noun/hekˈsæmɪtə(r)/
/hekˈsæmɪtər/
(specialist)- a line of poetry with six stressed syllablesTopics Literature and writingc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from Greek hexametros ‘of six measures’ (from hex ‘six’ + metron ‘measure’).
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