hexametrist

hexametrist
\\hekˈsamə.trə̇st\ noun (-s)
Etymology: hexameter + -ist
: one who writes in hexameters

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  • Hexametrist — Hex*am e*trist, n. One who writes in hexameters. The Christian hexametrists. Milman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hexametrist — hex·am·e·trist …   English syllables

  • hexameter — n. a line or verse of six metrical feet. Phrases and idioms: dactylic hexameter a hexameter having five dactyls and a spondee or trochee, any of the first four feet, and sometimes the fifth, being replaceable by a spondee. Derivatives: hexametric …   Useful english dictionary

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