sexameter
sexameter noun: synonym of hexameter.
Noun
sexameter (plural sexameters)
- Synonym of hexameter.
- The poem which is written in sexameters, is an invocation to the Redeemer and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in it the pope solemnly bids farewell to all Christians.1903 July 7, The Scranton Republican, page 1
- Our temptation was to treat the subject in an appropriate lyric manner, but Mr. Orpheus Nutt claimed first chance, and is now working on an ode of welcome, in dactylic sexameters.1918 December 13, “Mr. Thaw Is Back”, in The Spokesman-Review, 36th year, number 213, Spokane, Wash., page 4
- Synonyms:
- hexameter
Examples of sexameter in a sentence
- I put my whole soul into the work and almost lived on quartameters, pentameters, sexameters, etc.1918 December 28, ““Bookey’s” Divinity”, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume LXXVII, number 311, page 9:
- Verses 15–16, where the first sexameter is repeated, add:[…]2014, Sigmund Mowinckel, “Magic in Israelite Popular Belief”, in Mark E. Biddle, transl., Psalm Studies (History of Biblical Studies 2)...
Synonyms of sexameter
Forms of sexameter
| plural | sexameters |
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Origin of sexameter
From sexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of hexameter.
Questions about sexameter
- What does sexameter mean?
- Sexameter means synonym of hexameter.
- How do you use sexameter in a sentence?
- I put my whole soul into the work and almost lived on quartameters, pentameters, sexameters, etc.
- What part of speech is sexameter?
- Sexameter is a noun.
- What is the plural of sexameter?
- The plural of sexameter is sexameters.
Words near sexameter in the dictionary
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