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octosyllabical

octosyllabical is the alternative form of octosyllabic.

Meaning of octosyllabic

Adjective

octosyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Containing eight syllables
    • If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]1872, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry and Imagination

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Origin of octosyllabical

From octo- + syllabical.

Questions about octosyllabical

What is octosyllabical the alternative form of?
Octosyllabical is the alternative form of octosyllabic.

Words near octosyllabical in the dictionary

  1. octosporous
  2. octostichous
  3. octostyle
  4. octostyles
  5. octosyllabic
  6. octosyllabical
  7. octosyllabics
  8. octosyllable
  9. octosyllables
  10. octotaxic
  11. octothorn

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