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OCTOSYLLABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octosyllable mean?
• OCTOSYLLABLE (noun)
The noun OCTOSYLLABLE has 1 sense:
1. a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
Familiarity information: OCTOSYLLABLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("octosyllable" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
Derivation:
octosyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables)
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