n. 1 a verse of five feet, e.g. English iambic verse of ten syllables. 2 a form of Gk or Latin dactylic verse composed of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable, used in elegiac verse.
[ L f. Gk pentametros (as PENTA-, -METER) ]
PENTAMETER
Meaning of PENTAMETER in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012