dimetern.

/ˈdɪmɪtə/

Etymology: < Latin dimetrus (noun), dimeter, dimetrus (adjective), < Greek δίμετρος of two measures, < δι- twice + μέτρον measure.

Prosody.

A verse consisting of two measures, i.e. either two feet or four feet.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of two measures

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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xvii. 109 In the dimeter, made of two sillables entier. ēxtrēame dĕsīre.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 55 in Wks. II When he comes forth With Dimeters, and Trimeters, Tetrameters, Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks..What is all this, but canting?

1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer iii. §7 in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer The Octosyllable Metre..was in reality the antient Dimeter Iambic.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 40 The line of eight syllables, or dimeter iambic.

1882 W. W. Goodwin Elem. Greek Gram. 317 In most kinds of verse, a monometer consists of one foot, a dimeter of two feet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	dimeter
释义	dimetern. /ˈdɪmɪtə/ Etymology: < Latin dimetrus (noun), dimeter, dimetrus (adjective), < Greek δίμετρος of two measures, < δι- twice + μέτρον measure. Prosody. A verse consisting of two measures, i.e. either two feet or four feet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > verse of two measures dimeter1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xvii. 109 In the dimeter, made of two sillables entier. ēxtrēame dĕsīre. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 55 in Wks. II When he comes forth With Dimeters, and Trimeters, Tetrameters, Pentameters, Hexameters, Catalecticks..What is all this, but canting? 1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer iii. §7 in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer The Octosyllable Metre..was in reality the antient Dimeter Iambic. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 40 The line of eight syllables, or dimeter iambic. 1882 W. W. Goodwin Elem. Greek Gram. 317 In most kinds of verse, a monometer consists of one foot, a dimeter of two feet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1589
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