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pentameter (iou)



pentameter noun & adjective. E16.
[Latin from Greek pentametros, -on uses as noun of masc. and neut. of adjective, formed as PENTA- + -METER.]
Prosody.
A. noun. A line of five metrical feet; spec. (a) in Greek and Latin prosody, a dactylic line having two halves, each consisting of two feet and a long syllable, freq. alternated with hexameters in elegiac verse; (b) in English verse, a ten-syllable line made up of five iambs. E16.
b. adjective. Consisting of five metrical feet. M16.
pentametrize verb trans. make into, or like, a pentameter M19.