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hendecasyllabic

[ hen-dek-uh-si-lab-ik, hen-dek- ]

/ hɛnˌdɛk ə sɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌhɛn dɛk- /

adjective

having 11 syllables.

noun

a hendecasyllable.

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Origin of hendecasyllabic

First recorded in 1720–30; hendecasyllable + -ic

Words nearby hendecasyllabic

henchman, hencoop, hendeca-, hendecagon, hendecahedron, hendecasyllabic, hendecasyllable, Henderson, Henderson-Hasselbach equation, Hendersonula toruloidea, Hendersonville

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Example sentences from the Web for hendecasyllabic

Ten Brink calls attention to the possibility of the influence upon Chaucer's couplet of the Italian hendecasyllabic verse.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
It is written in hendecasyllabic ottava rima, and is divided into ten cantos containing in all 1102 stanzas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1|Various
In both Cintio's pieces the metre is blank verse (hendecasyllabic), diversified in the case of the Egle with a rimed chorus.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama|Walter W. Greg
Mr Coleridge's felicity, both in the Elegiac metre and a slight variation of the Hendecasyllabic, is universally acknowledged.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846|Various

Romances hericos are romances composed of hendecasyllabic verses, all of which are llanos.
Legends, Tales and Poems|Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

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