hendecasyllabic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having eleven syllables.
noun
  1. A word or line of eleven syllables.

Pronunciation

/hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ /henˌdek.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/

Word forms

hendecasyllabic hendecasyllabics

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

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