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Webster 1913 Edition

Octosyllable

Oc′to-sylˊla-ble

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Adj.

Octosyllabic.

Oc′to-sylˊla-ble

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Noun.

A word of eight syllables.

Webster 1828 Edition

Octosyllable

OCTOSYL'LABLE

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Adj.

[L. octo, eight, and syllaba, syllable.] Consisting of eight syllables.

Definition 2024

octosyllable

octosyllable

English

Noun

octosyllable ‎(plural octosyllables)

(poetry) line of verse with eight syllables

Related terms

octosyllabic

Translations

line of very of eight syllables

Serbo-Croatian: osmérac (sh) m