Definitions for trimeters

trimeters trim·e·ter

Spelling: [trim-i-ter]
IPA: /ˈtrɪm ɪ tər/

Trimeters is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in trimeters (eeimrrstt).

Definitions for trimeters

noun

  1. a verse of three measures or feet.
  2. 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.
  3. consisting of three measures or feet.
  4. Classical Prosody. composed of six feet or three dipodies.

Origin of trimeters

1560-70; Latin trimetrus having three measures Greek trímetros. See tri-, meter2

Examples for trimeters

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

A trimeter is a division of verse consisting of three measures of two feet each.

It is doubtful whether even the great Tragic poets could have made the trimeter tolerable as the vehicle of a long story.

trimeter, trim′e-tėr, n. a division of a verse consisting of three measures.

The trimeter iambic is a foot longer than our heroic measure.

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

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

The Alexandrine of twelve syllables might seem to be the trimeter iambic of the ancients.

It is doubtful whether even the great Tragic poets could have made the trimeter tolerable as the vehicle of a long story.

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

The Alexandrine of twelve syllables might seem to be the trimeter iambic of the ancients.

trimeter, trim′e-tėr, n. a division of a verse consisting of three measures.

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

The trimeter iambic is a foot longer than our heroic measure.

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

A trimeter is a division of verse consisting of three measures of two feet each.

Word Value for trimeters
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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