| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pentameter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pen·tam·e·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: | p n-t m -t r |
| NOUN: | 1. A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. 2. English verse composed in iambic pentameter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, from Greek pentametros : penta-, penta- + metron, measure; see meter1.
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