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octosyllable

[ok-tuh-sil-uh-buh l]
noun
  1. a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
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Origin of octosyllable

1765–75; part translation of Late Latin octōsyllabus; see octosyllabic, syllable
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British Dictionary definitions for octosyllable

octosyllable

noun
  1. a line of verse composed of eight syllables
  2. a word of eight syllables
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Derived Formsoctosyllabic (ˌɒktəsɪˈlæbɪk), adjective
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