pentameter
noun/pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymology PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle French pentamètre, by surface analysis, penta- + meter.
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing A line in a poem having five metrical feet.
- The best verses, more especially pentameters, are written on the principle of attracting and fixing the attention to their close.1822, Robert Bland, Elements of Latin Hexameters and Pentameters, third edition, London: John Robinson, page vi:
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing Poetic metre in which each line has five feet.
- Derived terms
- elegiac pentameter, iambic pentameter
- Related terms
- pentametric