hex‧am‧e‧ter /hekˈsæmətə, hekˈsæmɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable] technical[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: Greek, from hexa- ( ⇒ hexadecimal) + metron 'measure']
a line of poetry with six main beats
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