Australian English Meaning of hexameter
hexameter
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Definitions and Meaning of hexameter in English
hexameter (n)
a verse line having six metrical feet
hexameter (n.)
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 Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
hexameter (a.)
Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
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hexameter
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No antonyms found.
hexamerous => hexamerous, hexalectris warnockii => hexalectris warnockii, hexalectris spicata => Coonawarra orchid, hexalectris => Hexalectris, hexahemeron => hexahemeron,
