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pentasyllable

American  
[pen-tuh-sil-uh-buhl] / ˈpɛn təˌsɪl ə bəl /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

  • pentasyllabic adjective
  • pentasyllabism noun

Etymology

Origin of pentasyllable

First recorded in 1810–20; penta- + syllable

Example Sentences

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The three paradoxers last named and myself have a pentasyllable convention, under which, though we go far beyond civility, we keep within civilization.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

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