octosyllableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɒktəʊˌsɪləbl/,

/ˌɒktəʊˈsɪləbl/, U.S.

/ˈˌɑktəˈˌsɪləb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, syllable n.

Etymology: < octo- comb. form + syllable n. Compare French octosyllabe , adjective (1611 in Cotgrave) and noun (1870), Italian ottosillabo , noun and adjective (a1550). Compare slightly earlier octosyllabic adj.

A. adj.

= octosyllabic adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

octosyllabica1771

octosyllable1775

1775–8 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer Note 60 I call this the octosyllable metre, from what I apprehended to have been its original form.

1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 364 The octosyllable metre, of which modern writers are so fond.

1996 M. L. Gasparov Hist. European Versification 18 This is especially noticeable in laments, where the octosyllable line began to sound like a correct syllabotonic trochaic tetrameter.

B. n.

= octosyllabic n.; (also) a word of eight syllables.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number

bissyllable1589

disyllable1589

tetrasyllable1589

trisyllable1589

quadrisyllable1706

pentasyllable1709

quadrisyllabic1776

septisyllable1834

octosyllable1846

sexisyllable1855

disyllabic1934

paralog1951

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

octosyllabic1842

octosyllable1882

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Octosyllable, n., a word of eight syllables. Clarke.

1882 G. Saintsbury in Spenser's Wks. (Grosart) III. p. lxvi A poem in octosyllables.

1908 G. Saintsbury in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. II. 212 Irregular octosyllables, sometimes approaching ‘Skeltonics’.

1936 Mod. Lang. Notes 51 529 The twelve-syllable..is found in compositions of a type for which the octosyllable is the more frequent medium.

1985 Renaissance Q. 38 483 (note) The 14 distichs of the Latin are printed in the margins alongside the 64 octosyllables, in huitains and dizains, of the French.

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

单词	octosyllable
释义	octosyllableadj.n. Brit. /ˈɒktəʊˌsɪləbl/, /ˌɒktəʊˈsɪləbl/, U.S. /ˈˌɑktəˈˌsɪləb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: octo- comb. form, syllable n. Etymology: < octo- comb. form + syllable n. Compare French octosyllabe , adjective (1611 in Cotgrave) and noun (1870), Italian ottosillabo , noun and adjective (a1550). Compare slightly earlier octosyllabic adj. A. adj. = octosyllabic adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having eight syllables octosyllabica1771 octosyllable1775 1775–8 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer Note 60 I call this the octosyllable metre, from what I apprehended to have been its original form. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 364 The octosyllable metre, of which modern writers are so fond. 1996 M. L. Gasparov Hist. European Versification 18 This is especially noticeable in laments, where the octosyllable line began to sound like a correct syllabotonic trochaic tetrameter. B. n. = octosyllabic n.; (also) a word of eight syllables. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number bissyllable1589 disyllable1589 tetrasyllable1589 trisyllable1589 quadrisyllable1706 pentasyllable1709 quadrisyllabic1776 septisyllable1834 octosyllable1846 sexisyllable1855 disyllabic1934 paralog1951 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > eight syllables octosyllabic1842 octosyllable1882 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Octosyllable, n., a word of eight syllables. Clarke. 1882 G. Saintsbury in Spenser's Wks. (Grosart) III. p. lxvi A poem in octosyllables. 1908 G. Saintsbury in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. II. 212 Irregular octosyllables, sometimes approaching ‘Skeltonics’. 1936 Mod. Lang. Notes 51 529 The twelve-syllable..is found in compositions of a type for which the octosyllable is the more frequent medium. 1985 Renaissance Q. 38 483 (note) The 14 distichs of the Latin are printed in the margins alongside the 64 octosyllables, in huitains and dizains, of the French. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1775
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