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trimeter

[ trim-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a verse of three measures or feet.


adjective

  1. consisting of three measures or feet.
  2. Classical Prosody. composed of six feet or three dipodies.

trimeter

/ ˈtrɪmɪtə /

noun

  1. a verse line consisting of three metrical feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. designating such a line
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trimeter1

1560–70; < Latin trimetrus having three measures < Greek trímetros. See tri-, meter 2
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Example Sentences

A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common.

The heptameter is usually divided into a tetrameter and a trimeter; the octameter, into two tetrameters.

The metres employed by Epicharmus were iambic trimeter, and especially trochaic and anapaestic tetrameter.

The common-meter stanza contains four iambic lines, the first and third being tetrameter, and the second and fourth trimeter.

There are in both three series of iambuses—the dimeter, the cataleptic trimeter, and the acataleptic.

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