octosyllabicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɒktəʊsᵻˈlabɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌɑktəsəˈlæbɪk/,

/ˈˌɑktoʊsəˈlæbɪk/

Forms: see octo- comb. form and syllabic adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, syllabic adj., disyllabic adj., trisyllabic adj.

Etymology: < octo- comb. form + syllabic adj., after monosyllabic adj., disyllabic adj., trisyllabic adj., etc. Compare post-classical Latin octosyllabus , adjective (Marius Victorinus, a 5th-cent. grammarian), Hellenistic Greek ὀκτασύλλαβος , adjective (Draco De Metris), French octosyllabique , adjective (1906). Compare slightly later octosyllable adj. and later octosyllable n.

A. adj.

Consisting of eight syllables; composed of lines of eight syllables each.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having eight syllables

octosyllabica1771

octosyllable1775

a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 26 Octosyllabick, Mixt.

1814 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1975) IV. 13 Scott alone of the present generation has hitherto completely triumphed over the fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott May , an. 1810 The octosyllabic measure of the Lady of the Lake.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Aug. 4/2 [He] succeeded in managing the octosyllabic stanza.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 575/2 Before the publication of this work most of the trouvère romances appeared in octosyllabic verse.

1943 Amer. Lit. 15 8 Dana almost totally destroyed the usual effect of the octosyllabic couplet by using run-on lines.

1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry iii. 37 The favourite French rhyme form of the octosyllabic couplet.

B. n.

A line of eight syllables. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > eight syllables

octosyllabic1842

octosyllable1882

1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 4 June 499/1 As flowing a rhythm as may bear comparison with many octosyllabics of our day.

1882 Athenæum 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.

1898 S. Lee Life Shakespeare vii. 95 One of Shakespeare's sonnets..has fifteen lines; another..has only twelve lines..; and a third..is in octosyllabics.

1929 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 40 76 The poet Jones is discovered once to have sent to a distant cousin in Australia some facetious octosyllabics on the weather.

1975 MLN 90 903 The meter [of Hiawatha]..comes from a German translation which converts the octosyllabics of the Finnish into trochaic tetrameter.

1996 T. Turville-Petre Eng. the Nation 205 The source of the dullness of the lament for Edward I is the imitation of the French octosyllabics.

Derivatives

octosyˈllabical adj. rare

ΚΠ

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Octosyllabical, consisting of eight syllables.

octosyˈllabically adv. rare

ΚΠ

1909 A. Bierce Alibi in Coll. Wks. IV. 125 My verse Runs on for better or for worse In meter which o'ermasters me, Octosyllabically free!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octosyllabic
释义	octosyllabicadj.n. Brit. /ˌɒktəʊsᵻˈlabɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑktəsəˈlæbɪk/, /ˈˌɑktoʊsəˈlæbɪk/ Forms: see octo- comb. form and syllabic adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, syllabic adj., disyllabic adj., trisyllabic adj. Etymology: < octo- comb. form + syllabic adj., after monosyllabic adj., disyllabic adj., trisyllabic adj., etc. Compare post-classical Latin octosyllabus , adjective (Marius Victorinus, a 5th-cent. grammarian), Hellenistic Greek ὀκτασύλλαβος , adjective (Draco De Metris), French octosyllabique , adjective (1906). Compare slightly later octosyllable adj. and later octosyllable n. A. adj. Consisting of eight syllables; composed of lines of eight syllables each. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having eight syllables octosyllabica1771 octosyllable1775 a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 26 Octosyllabick, Mixt. 1814 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1975) IV. 13 Scott alone of the present generation has hitherto completely triumphed over the fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott May , an. 1810 The octosyllabic measure of the Lady of the Lake. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Aug. 4/2 [He] succeeded in managing the octosyllabic stanza. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 575/2 Before the publication of this work most of the trouvère romances appeared in octosyllabic verse. 1943 Amer. Lit. 15 8 Dana almost totally destroyed the usual effect of the octosyllabic couplet by using run-on lines. 1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry iii. 37 The favourite French rhyme form of the octosyllabic couplet. B. n. A line of eight syllables. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > eight syllables octosyllabic1842 octosyllable1882 1842 E. B. Barrett Bk. Poets in Athenæum 4 June 499/1 As flowing a rhythm as may bear comparison with many octosyllabics of our day. 1882 Athenæum 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. 1898 S. Lee Life Shakespeare vii. 95 One of Shakespeare's sonnets..has fifteen lines; another..has only twelve lines..; and a third..is in octosyllabics. 1929 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 40 76 The poet Jones is discovered once to have sent to a distant cousin in Australia some facetious octosyllabics on the weather. 1975 MLN 90 903 The meter [of Hiawatha]..comes from a German translation which converts the octosyllabics of the Finnish into trochaic tetrameter. 1996 T. Turville-Petre Eng. the Nation 205 The source of the dullness of the lament for Edward I is the imitation of the French octosyllabics. Derivatives octosyˈllabical adj. rare ΚΠ 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Octosyllabical, consisting of eight syllables. octosyˈllabically adv. rare ΚΠ 1909 A. Bierce Alibi in Coll. Wks. IV. 125 My verse Runs on for better or for worse In meter which o'ermasters me, Octosyllabically free! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1771
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