TETRAMETER


Meaning of TETRAMETER in English

/te tram"i teuhr/ , n.

1. Pros. a verse of four feet.

2. Class Pros. a line consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter.

adj.

3. Pros. consisting of four metrical feet.

[ 1605-15; tetrametrus tetrámetros having four measures. See TETRA-, METER 2 ]

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