9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun a verse line having eight metrical feet
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) English octa- English meter English octameter From octa- + meter.
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