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undecasyllabic

undecasyllabic adjective: having eleven syllables.

Adjective

undecasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Having eleven syllables.
    • The subdivision forms octave stanzas of the Italian form, undecasyllabic triple measure, in feminine rhyme, of triple alternating lines, with a finishing couplet.1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1886-1887, page 61

Origin of undecasyllabic

From undeca- + syllabic.

Questions about undecasyllabic

What does undecasyllabic mean?
Undecasyllabic means having eleven syllables.
What part of speech is undecasyllabic?
Undecasyllabic is an adjective.

Words near undecasyllabic in the dictionary

  1. undecapotassium
  2. undecaprenol
  3. undecaprenyl
  4. undecasulfide
  5. undecasulfides
  6. undecasyllabic
  7. undecayable
  8. undecayed
  9. undecaying
  10. undecazinc
  11. undeceased

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