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Webster 1913 Edition

Hendecasyllable

Hen-dec′a-sylˊla-ble

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Noun.

[L.

hendecasyllabus

, Gr. [GREEK] eleven-syllabled; [GREEK] eleven + [GREEK] syllable: cf. F.

hendécasyllabe

.]

A metrical line of eleven syllables.

J. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hendecasyllable

HENDECASYL'LABLE

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Noun.

[Gr.] A metrical line of eleven syllables.