heptameter

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noun

a line or verse containing seven metrical feet

OriginEnglish meter ← Middle English metere ← Old English metan →
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Meanings

nounheptameter (plural heptameters)

plural heptameters

  1. a line or verse containing seven metrical feet

Origin

  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  2. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  5. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  6. Englishhepta-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*médeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*metaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*metan
  11. Old Englishmetan
  12. Middle Englishmeten
  13. Middle Englishmetere
  14. Englishmeter
  15. Englishheptameter

From hepta- + meter.

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APA

heptameter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptameter

MLA

“heptameter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptameter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heptameter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heptameter.

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