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单词 heptasyllabic
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heptasyllabicadj.n.

/ˌhɛptəsɪˈlabɪk/
Etymology: < Greek ἑπτασύλλαβος of seven syllables ( < ἑπτά hepta- comb. form + συλλαβή syllable n.) + -ic suffix.
A. adj.
Containing or consisting of seven syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having seven syllables
heptasyllabic1889
1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 56 His use of the sweet and simple heptasyllabic metre.
B. n.
n. A verse or metrical line of seven syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > seven syllables
heptasyllabica1771
seven1781
a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 26 With Heptasyllabicks mixed at pleasure.
1885 P. Perring Hard Knots 78 What is admitted in a decasyllabic line, must be admitted in a heptasyllabic.

Derivatives

heptaˈsyllable n. rare a word or metrical line of seven syllables.
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1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 296 It is the Trochaic Heptasyllable, otherwise called the Trochaic Diameter Catalectic.
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adj.n.1758
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