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OCTOSYLLABIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octosyllabic mean?
• OCTOSYLLABIC (adjective)
The adjective OCTOSYLLABIC has 1 sense:
1. having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables
Familiarity information: OCTOSYLLABIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables
Similar:
syllabic (consisting of a syllable or syllables)
Derivation:
octosyllable (a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines)
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