tetrameter

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  • Noun:
    a verse line having four metrical feet

Word Origin

tetrameter (n.)
1610s, from Late Latin tetrametrus, from Greek tetrametron "verse of four measures" (generally trochaic), noun use of neuter of tetrametros (adj.) "having four measures," from tetra- "four" (see tetra-) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)).

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