hendecasyllabic

[ hen-dek-uh-si-lab-ik, hen-dek- ]

adjective

1. having 11 syllables.

noun

1. a hendecasyllable.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hendecasyllabic¹

First recorded in 1720–30; hendecasyllable + -ic

Example Sentences

Romances hericos are romances composed of hendecasyllabic verses, all of which are llanos.

From Project Gutenberg

Sextinas are usually composed of six hendecasyllabic verses in which a serventesio is followed by a pareado.

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It is composed of hendecasyllabic verses, mostly of the first class, with a heptasyllabic verse closing each stanza.

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Ten Brink calls attention to the possibility of the influence upon Chaucer's couplet of the Italian hendecasyllabic verse.

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In both Cintio's pieces the metre is blank verse (hendecasyllabic), diversified in the case of the Egle with a rimed chorus.

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