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octameter

octameter noun: a line of verse containing eight metrical feet.

Noun

octameter (plural octameters)

  1. A line of verse containing eight metrical feet

Forms of octameter

pluraloctameters

Origin of octameter

From octa- + meter.

Questions about octameter

What does octameter mean?
Octameter means a line of verse containing eight metrical feet.
What part of speech is octameter?
Octameter is a noun.
What is the plural of octameter?
The plural of octameter is octameters.

Words near octameter in the dictionary

  1. octamerized
  2. octamerizes
  3. octamerizing
  4. octamerous
  5. octamers
  6. octameter
  7. octameters
  8. octamethyl
  9. octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane
  10. octamethylcyclotetrasiloxanes
  11. octamethylene

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