- pentameter⇄adj. consisting of five metrical feet or measures.
- pentameter⇄noun 1a. poetry having five metrical feet or measures in each line. (Example:) ""A lit/tle learn/ing is/ a dan/ g'rous thing.""
b. iambic pentameter (the measure of ?heroic verse, rhymed or unrhymed, and the ?heroic couplet in English literature). - pentameter⇄pentameter, noun, adjective.