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hexameter

noun
🔊/hekˈsæmɪtə(r)/
🔊/hekˈsæmɪtər/
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  1. a line of poetry with six stressed syllables六音步诗行Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from Greek hexametros ‘of six measures’ (from hex ‘six’ + metron ‘measure’).