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hendecasyllabic, a. and n. Pros.|ˌhɛndɪ-, hɛnˌdɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk|
Also erron. en-.
[f. as next: see also syllabic.]
A. adj. Of a ‘verse’ or line of poetry: Consisting of eleven syllables.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., Sapphic and Phaleucic verses are, hendecasyllaba, or hendecasyllabic. 1819–20R. Watt Bibliogr. Brit. I. 136 f, Spanish poetry owes to him [Boscan] the introduction of the hendecasyllabic verse. 1824Edin. Rev. XL. 448 Specimens of the Italian Endecasyllabic verse. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 818 Amand Daniel invented the Hendecasyllabic metre, which was chosen by Dante for his earlier compositions.
B. n. A hendecasyllabic verse. (Usually in pl.)
1836Landor Peric. & Asp. Wks. 1846 II. 373 How greatly more noble and more sonorous are those hendecasyllabics commencing the Scollion on Harmodius and Aristogiton. 1873Wagner tr. Teuffel's Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 128 Martial..frequently uses hendecasyllabics and choliambics. |