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tridecasyllabic

tridecasyllabic adjective: having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.

Adjective

tridecasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.
    • In line length, whereas other translators shortened, Tu preferred to fill out, often replacing the alexandrine with a tridecasyllabic line […]2012, Gloria Bien, Baudelaire in China: A Study in Literary Reception, page 59

Origin of tridecasyllabic

From trideca- + syllabic.

Questions about tridecasyllabic

What does tridecasyllabic mean?
Tridecasyllabic means having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.
What part of speech is tridecasyllabic?
Tridecasyllabic is an adjective.

Words near tridecasyllabic in the dictionary

  1. tridecaphobia
  2. tridecaploid
  3. tridecasaccharide
  4. tridecasaccharides
  5. tridecasodium
  6. tridecasyllabic
  7. tridecene
  8. tridecennary
  9. tridecimal
  10. tridecyl
  11. tridecylic

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