Trimeter Definition

trĭmĭ-tər
noun
A line of verse containing three metrical feet.
Webster's New World
Verse consisting of trimeters.
Webster's New World
Classical quantitative verse consisting of three measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
American Heritage
A single line of such verse.
American Heritage
adjective
Having three metrical feet.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trimeter

Noun

Singular:
trimeter
Plural:
trimeters

Origin of Trimeter

  • Late Latin from Latin trimetrus from Greek trimetros tri- tri- metron measure meter1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trimeter Sentence Examples

  • The verse-form is a heroic hexameter with an Iambic trimeter attendant upon it.

  • An example of an iambic trimeter is The only news I know by Emily Dickinson.

  • The metres employed by Epicharmus were iambic trimeter, and especially trochaic and anapaestic tetrameter.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRI

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With T and Ending With R

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