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单词 pentasyllable
释义

pentasyllablen.

Brit. /ˈpɛntəˌsɪləbl/, /ˌpɛntəˈsɪləbl/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈsɪləb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: penta- comb. form, syllable n.
Etymology: < penta- comb. form + syllable n., after post-classical Latin pentasyllabum (4th cent.), use as noun of neuter of pentasyllabus (see pentasyllabic adj.). Compare earlier pentasyllabic adj., and monosyllable n., disyllable n., trisyllable n., etc.
A word with five syllables.
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bissyllable1589
disyllable1589
tetrasyllable1589
trisyllable1589
quadrisyllable1706
pentasyllable1709
quadrisyllabic1776
septisyllable1834
octosyllable1846
sexisyllable1855
disyllabic1934
paralog1951
1709 C. Place Adversaria 75 Let us see 1st. What that horrible and monstrous Pentasyllable[sc. the word ‘Persecution’] imports.
1816 Q. Rev. 15 369 It could not be done in less compass than a pentasyllable.
1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 5 14 I have counted fourteen quadrisyllables in 343 pentameters..one pentasyllable, imaginibus.
1927 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 42 524 Some hemistichs have been registered as pentasyllables instead of hexasyllables.
1997 French Rev. 70 457 Scott..convincingly demonstrates the importance of the pentasyllable and its constituent dissyllable and trisyllable to the poet's craft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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