— 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 ]