hendecasyllable

Variant of hendecasyllabic

hendecasyllabic definition

hen·deca·syl·lab·ic (-se lab′ik)

noun

a line of verse having eleven syllables
also hendecasyllable hen′·dec′a·syl′·la·ble (-sil′ə bəl)

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

adjective

containing eleven syllables: said as of a line of verse

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