Octosyllable

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A line of verse containing eight syllables.
  • noun. A poem having eight syllables in each line.
  • noun. A word of eight syllables.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of eight syllables.
  • noun. A word of eight syllables.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A word of eight syllables.
  • adjective. Octosyllabic.
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  • noun. line of verse with eight syllables
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
    • Word Usage
    "In his handling of the French octosyllable he at once displays that impatience of the rigidly syllabic system of prosody which Teutonic poetry of the best kind always shows sooner or later."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verse  verse line  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    octosyllabic  
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