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[ ok-toh-si-lab-ik ] / ˌɒk toʊ sɪˈlæb ɪk /
adjectiveconsisting of or pertaining to eight syllables. Origin of octosyllabic1765–75; <Late Latin octōsyllab(us) (<Greek, equivalent to oktō-octo- + -syllabossyllabic) + -ic Words nearby octosyllabicoctometer, octonary, octopod, octopus, octoroon, octosyllabic, octosyllable, octroi, octuple, octuplet, octuplicate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for octosyllabicThis is also in octosyllabic verses, and is further remarkable for the opulence of its imagery and its variety of description. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History|Henry Coppee Mr. Gosse speaks of Parnell's employment of the octosyllabic couplet in this poem as "wonderfully subtle and harmonious." English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D. The poem was left unfinished; it is written in octosyllabic couplets, with four accents or beats. A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand His chief work is his translation of Virgil's Æneid in the octosyllabic metre of Scott (1861-68). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|John W. Cousin
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