hendecasyllabic
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hendecasyllabic
First recorded in 1720–30; hendecasyllable + -ic
Example Sentences
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In the course of his recitation he had produced a small hendecasyllabic poem in praise of Pliny's own verses.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
Finally, I resolved to follow the example of many other writers and compose a whole separate volume in the hendecasyllabic metre; nor do I regret having done so.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
In the hendecasyllabic he is smoother and more polished.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
The iambic blank verse of Italy was, however, mainly hendecasyllabic, not decasyllabic, and under French influences the habit of rhyme soon returned.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
The metres most often employed are elegiac, hendecasyllabic, and the scazon.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
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