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duodecasyllable

duodecasyllable is the alternative form of dodecasyllable.

Meaning of dodecasyllable

Noun

dodecasyllable (plural dodecasyllables)

  1. A word consisting of twelve syllables.

Forms of duodecasyllable

pluralduodecasyllables

Origin of duodecasyllable

From duodeca- + syllable.

Questions about duodecasyllable

What is duodecasyllable the alternative form of?
Duodecasyllable is the alternative form of dodecasyllable.

Words near duodecasyllable in the dictionary

  1. duodecaploid
  2. duodecaploids
  3. duodecapolis
  4. duodecastyle
  5. duodecasyllabic
  6. duodecasyllable
  7. duodecasyllables
  8. Duodecember
  9. duodecemvir
  10. duodecemvirate
  11. duodecennial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duodecasyllable (page history and authors); dodecasyllable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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