First Known Use: circa 1846
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monometer
noun mo·nom·e·ter \mə-ˈnä-mə-tər, mä-\
Definition of MONOMETER
: a line of verse consisting of a single metrical foot or dipody
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Origin of MONOMETER
Late Latin, from Greek monometros, from mon- + metron measure — more at measure
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