hendecasyllabic

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

adjective
  1. having 11 syllables.

Origin of hendecasyllabic

1
First recorded in 1720–30; hendecasyllable + -ic

Words Nearby hendecasyllabic

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How to use hendecasyllabic in a sentence

  • Romances hericos are romances composed of hendecasyllabic verses, all of which are llanos.

    Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
  • Sextinas are usually composed of six hendecasyllabic verses in which a serventesio is followed by a pareado.

    Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
  • It is composed of hendecasyllabic verses, mostly of the first class, with a heptasyllabic verse closing each stanza.

    Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
  • 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.
  • In both Cintio's pieces the metre is blank verse (hendecasyllabic), diversified in the case of the Egle with a rimed chorus.