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octameter, a. and n. Pros.|ɒkˈtæmɪtə(r)|
Also octometer |-ˈɒm-|.
[ad. L. octameter, -trum adj., a. Gr. ὀκτάµετρ-ος (µέτρον measure).]
a. adj. Consisting of eight measures or feet.
b. n. A verse containing eight measures or feet.
a1849Poe Philos. Composition, The rhythm..of the ‘Raven’..is trochaic, is octameter acatalectic, alternating with heptameter catalectic..and terminating with tetrameter catalectic. 1889Athenæum 25 May 657/1 ‘March: an Ode’ [by Swinburne], is the only instance in the language of a poem written in octometers. 1900H. W. Smyth Greek Metric Poets 259 The long, swelling octameter. |
