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dodecasyllable

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

noun

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


dodecasyllable

/ ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl /

noun

  1. prosody a line of twelve syllables
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dodecasyllable1

First recorded in 1745–55; dodeca- + syllable
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Example Sentences

Dodecasyllable, dō-dek-a-sil′a-bl, n. a word of twelve syllables.—adj.

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

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