trimeter

[ trim-i-ter ]

noun

1. a verse of three measures or feet.

adjective

1. consisting of three measures or feet.
2. Classical Prosody. composed of six feet or three dipodies.

trimeter

/ ˈtrɪmɪtə /

noun

1. a verse line consisting of three metrical feet

adjective

1. designating such a line

Word History and Origins

Origin of trimeter¹

1560–70; < Latin trimetrus having three measures < Greek trímetros. See tri-, meter ²

Example Sentences

A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common.

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The heptameter is usually divided into a tetrameter and a trimeter; the octameter, into two tetrameters.

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

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The common-meter stanza contains four iambic lines, the first and third being tetrameter, and the second and fourth trimeter.

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There are in both three series of iambuses—the dimeter, the cataleptic trimeter, and the acataleptic.

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