pentasyllable

[ pen-tuh-sil-uh-buhl ]

noun

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

Other Words From

• pen·ta·syl·lab·ic [pen-t, uh, -si-, lab, -ik], adjective
• penta·sylla·bism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentasyllable¹

First recorded in 1810–20; penta- + syllable

Example Sentences

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

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