fourteener

[ fawr-tee-ner, fohr- ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a line, especially an iambic line, consisting of 14 syllables.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourteener¹

First recorded in 1820–30; fourteen + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Self-supported treks have also become popular on the fourteeners, and some of the shorter routes have evolved from obscurity into well-trodden challenges.

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A contoured cut and stretch-woven nylon allow for freedom of movement, which we appreciated while scrambling up a fourteener.

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The aptly named San Juan Skyway ascends multiple passes higher than 10,000 feet as it loops through the San Juan Range, while fourteeners loom overhead.

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In the summer of 2014, he made international news when, on the summit of a fourteener during Colorado’s famously grueling Hardrock 100 trail race, a lightning bolt knocked him and his pacer off their feet and fried Campbell’s headlamp.

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Thank God our mission isn’t one of those snaggletoothed fourteeners, I thought to myself.

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