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hexameter

Hexameter is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter H and ends with the letter R for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A verse of six feet the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees the fifth must regularly be a dactyl and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
(a.) Having six metrical feet especially dactyls and spondees.

Syllable Information

The word hexameter is a 9 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for hexameter is: hex-am-e-ter


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