mismeter

English

Alternative forms

• mismetre

Etymology

mis- +‎ meter

Verb

mismeter (third-person singular simple present mismeters, present participle mismetering, simple past and past participle mismetered)

1. (transitive, poetry) To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.

References

• “mismeter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• meristem, mimester, mismetre, stemmier