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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 feetplay

  Familiarity information: OCTAMETER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OCTAMETER (noun)


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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