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trimeter, n. and a. Pros.|ˈtrɪmɪtə(r), ˈtraɪ-|
Also 6 trymeter, 8 trimetre.
[ad. L. trimetrus adj. and n., a. Gr. τρίµετρος adj., f. τρι- tri- + µέτρον measure (see metre n.1 4).]
A. n. A verse of three measures; i.e. in trochaics, iambics, or anapæstics, of three dipodies (= six feet); in other rhythms, of three feet; esp. the iambic trimeter, the usual verse of the dialogue in ancient Greek plays.
1567Drant Horace, Art Poetry A viij, The foote of Syllabs shorte and long Iambus hath to name..and trymeter the verse (which of the same Consists) is cawld. a1637B. Jonson Horace, Art Poetrie 381 This foot yet, in the famous trimeters Of Accius and Ennius, rare appeares. 1789T. Twining Aristotle's Treat. Poetry (1812) II. 445 The hexameter is but one third longer than the Iambic trimeter; their respective times being 24, and 18. 1850Browning Christmas Eve xviii, Or Turklike brandishing a scimetar O'er anapæsts in comic-trimeter. 1859Sat. Rev. 20 Aug. 225/2 Mr. Whyte and..Mr. Thomas..have translated the Inferno into English trimeters.
B. adj. Of a verse: Consisting of three measures.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Trimetrum,..a Trimeter Verse of three Measures, an Iambick of six Feet. 1886C. A. Briggs Messianic Proph. v. 143 Psalm xviii..is of eight strophes, of fourteen trimeter lines each. |