undecasyllabic

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English

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Etymology

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From undeca- +‎ syllabic.

Adjective

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undecasyllabic (not comparable)

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

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