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A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In

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A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge.

Related words: (words related to HEXAMETER)

• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• VERSET
  A verse. Milton.
• FIRST
  Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
• VERSEMAN
  See PRIOR
• DACTYLIST
  A writer of dactylic verse.
• SPONDEE
  A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
• COMPOSURE
  1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
• COMPOSSIBLE
  Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• DACTYLOZOOID
  A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
• DACTYLIOMANCY
  Divination by means of finger rings.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• DACTYLITIS
  An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.
• DACTYLOLOGY
  The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. Note: There are two different manual alphabets, the one hand alphabet , and the two hand alphabet. The latter
• DACTYLAR
  Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
• DACTYLONOMY
  The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
• DACTYLIOGLYPH
  An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
• COMPOSITE
  Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• HEMIDACTYL
  Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
• INDECOMPOSABLENESS
  Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
• REVERSED
  Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
• AVERSENESS
  The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
• FATHOMER
  One who fathoms.
• RENVERSEMENT
  A reversing.
• TETRADACTYLOUS
  Having, or characterized by, four digits to the foot or hand.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• TRAVERSE
  Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse.
• DISCODACTYL
  One of the tree frogs.
• HERMODACTYL
  A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic. (more info) fr. Gr.
• TRIDACTYL; TRIDACTYLE
  Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.
• INTERTRANSVERSE
  Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.