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hendecasyllable

[ hen-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, hen-dek-uh-sil- ]

noun

  1. a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.


hendecasyllable

/ hɛnˌdɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk; ˈhɛndɛkəˌsɪləbəl /

noun

  1. prosody a verse line of 11 syllables
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • hendecasyllabic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hendecasyllable1

1740–50; < Latin hendecasyllabus < Greek hendekasýllabos. See hendeca-, syllable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hendecasyllable1

C18: via Latin from Greek hendekasullabos
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Example Sentences

They first employed the Italian hendecasyllable, although it did not become acclimated till the days of Boscn.

Endechas reales are cuartetas in which three heptasyllables are followed by a hendecasyllable.

Therefore, nothing very distinct can be asserted about the origin of the hendecasyllable iambic line, which marks Italian poetry.

Hendecasyllable, hen′dek-a-sil-a-bl, n. a metrical line of eleven syllables.

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