English dictionary
hexameter
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a verse line having six metrical feet
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
Source: webster1913