dodecasyllable

[ doh-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, doh-dek- ]

noun
  1. a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.

Origin of dodecasyllable

1
First recorded in 1745–55; dodeca- + syllable

Words Nearby dodecasyllable

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How to use dodecasyllable in a sentence

  • This dodecasyllable has a short metrical pause after the sixth syllable, and a longer one after the twelfth.

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  • Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.

British Dictionary definitions for dodecasyllable

dodecasyllable

/ (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl) /


noun
  1. prosody a line of twelve syllables

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