hex·am·e·ter (h k-s m  -t r)n. 1. A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet. 2. In classical prosody, a line in which the first four feet are either dactylic or spondaic, the fifth dactylic, and the sixth spondaic. [Latin, from Greek hexametros, having six metrical feet : hexa-, hexa- + metron, meter; see meter1.] hex  a·metric (hk-s-mtrk), hexa·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj. |
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