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octosyllabic - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • couplet: Hudibras, a poem written in rhyming octosyllabic couplets, concerns the exploits of a Presbyterian knight called Sir Hudibras.
  • line: In contrast, syllabic languages tend to use an octosyllabic line.

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