OCTOSYLLABLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("octosyllable" is a kind of...):

verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)

Derivation:

octosyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables)

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