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HEXAMETER

\hˈɛksɐmˌiːtə], \hˈɛksɐmˌiːtə], \h_ˈɛ_k_s_ɐ_m_ˌiː_t_ə]\

Definitions of HEXAMETER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A poetic line consisting of six feet; as, This is the for'est pri me'val. The mur'muring pines and the hemlocks.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A verse of six measures or feet.
Having six metrical feet.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Pros. Having six feet in a verse.
Pros. A verse of six feet.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Greek, Latin] A verse of six feet, either dactyls or spondees for the first four, but the fifth must be a dactyl, and the sixth a spondee.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A verse of six feet.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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