Definitions for dimeter

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dimeter dim·e·ter

Spelling: [dim-i-ter]

IPA: /ˈdɪm ɪ tər/

Dimeter is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in dimeter (deeimrt).

Definitions for dimeter

noun

1. a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.

Origin of dimeter

1580-90; Late Latin dimeter Greek dímetros of two measures, a dimeter, equivalent to di- di-¹ + -metros, adj. derivative of métron mete

Examples for dimeter

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