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OCTAMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octameter mean?
• OCTAMETER (noun)
The noun OCTAMETER has 1 sense:
1. a verse line having eight metrical feet
Familiarity information: OCTAMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line having eight metrical feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("octameter" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
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