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hexameter

Syllables: he·xa·me·ter

hexameter noun: a line in a poem having six metrical feet.

Noun

hexameter (countable and uncountable, plural hexameters)

  1. (countable) A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
    • The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango.1908, Walter Wilson Greg, “[Preface]”, in G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wives Tale, 1595, [Oxford, Oxfordshire]: […] [F]or the Malone Society by Horace Hart […], at the Oxford University Press, published...
  2. (uncountable) A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.

hexameter meaning in Tamil

hexameter in Tamil

அறுசீர்ச் செய்யுளடி

Synonyms of hexameter

Forms of hexameter

pluralhexameters
alternative formhexametre

Origin of hexameter

From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter.

Words formed from hexameter

Questions about hexameter

What does hexameter mean?
Hexameter means a line in a poem having six metrical feet.
What is hexameter in Tamil?
Hexameter in Tamil is அறுசீர்ச் செய்யுளடி. See Hexameter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hexameter?
Hexameter is a noun.
What is the plural of hexameter?
The plural of hexameter is hexameters.

Words near hexameter in the dictionary

  1. hexamerons
  2. hexamerous
  3. hexamers
  4. hexametaphosphate
  5. hexametaphosphates
  6. hexameter
  7. hexameters
  8. hexamethonium
  9. hexamethonium bromide
  10. hexamethoniums
  11. hexamethoxide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hexameter (page history and authors); hexameter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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