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octosyllabic, a. and n.|ˌɒktəʊsɪˈlæbɪk|
[f. late L. octosyllab-us (Mar. Vict.), in late Gr. ὀκτασύλλαβ-ος (Draco De Metris), f. Gr. ὀκτώ, ὀκτα- eight + συλλαβή, L. syllaba syllable: cf. syllabic.]
A. adj. Consisting of eight syllables (chiefly in Pros., of a ‘verse’ or line of poetry); composed of lines of eight syllables each.
a1771Gray Corr. (1843) 256 Octosyllabic, Mixed. 1814Byron Let. to Moore 2 Jan., Scott alone, of the present generation, has hitherto completely triumphed over the fatal facility of the octo-syllabic verse. 1837Lockhart Scott May, an. 1810 The octosyllabic measure of the Lady of the Lake. 1884Pall Mall G. 15 Aug. 4/2 [He] succeeded in managing the octosyllabic stanza.
B. n. A ‘verse’ or line of eight syllables.
1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 116 As flowing a rhythm as may bear comparison with many octosyllabics of our day. 1882Athenæum 27 May 660/3 Scott..produced ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’, which soon set..every versifier from Byron downwards writing romantic stories in octosyllabics with anapæstic variations.
So octosyˈllabical a. rare—0.
1846in Worcester. |