Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
hexameter. Puttenham .
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- noun US spelling of
exametre .
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Examples
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When I arrived at the house of the dear professor, he, began to speak to me from a book, in an exameter homerean tone, and I understood about as much as the faithful who goes to church and the priest reads the mass in Latin.
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