hendecasyllabic

(-se lab′ik)

noun

a line of verse having eleven syllables

Origin: L hendecasyllabus < Gr hendekasyllabos: see hendeca- & syllable

adjective

containing eleven syllables: said as of a line of verse

See hendecasyllabic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Containing 11 syllables.

noun

A verse of 11 syllables.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin hendecasyllabus, a line of eleven syllables

Origin: , from Greek hendekasullabos

Origin: : hendeka, eleven (hen, neuter of heis, one; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots + deka, ten; see decade)

Origin: + sullabē, syllable; see syllable

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