hendecasyllabic

American  

[hen-dek-uh-si-lab-ik, hen-dek-] / hɛnˌdɛk ə sɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌhɛn dɛk- /

adjective

1. having 11 syllables.

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noun

1. a hendecasyllable.

Etymology

Origin of hendecasyllabic

First recorded in 1720–30; hendecasyllable + -ic

Example Sentences

“Paeninsularum, Sirmio, insularumque,” and the phalecian hendecasyllabic, a slight modification of the Sapphic line, which is his favourite metre for the expression of his more joyful moods, and of his lighter satiric vein.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Fourthly, if you take account of the said troublesome E, almost universally these deficient measures become filled up to the due complement—become decasyllabic or hendecasyllabic, as the case may be.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

The three hundred and fifty-eight dedicatory epigrams include sixteen in hexameter and iambic, and one in hendecasyllabic; and among the seven hundred and fifty sepulchral epigrams are forty-two in hexameter, iambic, and other mixed metres.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

The metres most often employed are elegiac, hendecasyllabic, and the scazon.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

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

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald