n. a line or verse of six metrical feet.
Phrases and idioms:
dactylic hexameter a hexameter having five dactyls and a spondee or trochee, any of the first four feet, and sometimes the fifth, being replaceable by a spondee.
Derivatives:
hexametric adj. hexametrist n.
Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk hexametros (as HEXA-, metron measure)