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

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

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