PENTAMETER


Meaning of PENTAMETER in English

I. (ˈ)pen.|taməd.ə(r) adjective

also pen·ta·met·ric |pentə|me.trik

Etymology: pentameter from Middle French pentametre, from Greek pentametros, from penta- + -metros (from metron measure, meter); pentametric from pentameter, n. + -ic — more at measure

: having five metrical feet

II. noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek pentametros

: a line of five metrical feet: as

a. : elegiac pentameter

b. : heroic verse 3

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