PENTAMETER


Meaning of PENTAMETER in English

— pentametrist , n.

/pen tam"i teuhr/ , Pros.

n.

1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

2. Also called elegiac pentameter . Class. Pros. a verse consisting of two dactyls, one long syllable, two more dactyls, and another long syllable.

3. unrhymed verse of five iambic feet; heroic verse.

adj.

4. consisting of five metrical feet.

[ 1540-50; pentametrus pentámetros. See PENTA-, METER 2 ]

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