dodecasyllable
[ doh-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, doh-dek- ]
noun
a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
Origin of 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.
Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo BecquerHitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.
A Short History of French Literature | George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for dodecasyllable
dodecasyllable
/ (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl) /
noun
prosody a line of twelve syllables
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