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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dodecasyllable¹

First recorded in 1745–55; dodeca- + syllable

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg