Definitions for octameter

octameter oc·tam·e·ter

Spelling: [ok-tam-i-ter]
IPA: /ɒkˈtæm ɪ tər/

Octameter is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in octameter (aceemortt).

Definitions for octameter

adjective

  1. consisting of eight measures or feet.

noun

  1. Also, octometer. an octameter verse.

Origin of octameter

1840-50; Late Latin Greek oktámetros (adj.), equivalent to okta- octa- + métr(on) -meter + -os adj. suffix

Examples for octameter

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

Verses of seven and eight feet are rare; they are called heptameter and octameter, respectively.

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