Octosyllabic
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Consisting of eight syllables.
noun.
In
prosody
, a line consisting of eight syllables.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
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adjective.
Containing eight
syllables
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adjective.
having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables
Word Usage
"The usual forms of the couplet used continuously are the 4-stress or short couplet ( "octosyllabic") and the"
Equivalent
octosyllabical
syllabic
Etymologically Related
octosyllable
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
11-syllable
52
8-syllable
Saturnian
alliterative