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octosyllable

[ ok-tuh-sil-uh-buhl ]

noun

  1. a word or line of verse of eight syllables.


octosyllable

/ ˈɒktəˌsɪləbəl; ˌɒktəsɪˈlæbɪk /

noun

  1. a line of verse composed of eight syllables
  2. a word of eight syllables
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • octosyllabic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of octosyllable1

1765–75; part translation of Late Latin octōsyllabus; octosyllabic, syllable

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