hendecasyllabic


hen·dec·a·syl·lab·ic

H0149500 (hĕn-dĕk′ə-sĭ-lăb′ĭk)adj. Containing 11 syllables.n. A verse of 11 syllables, especially one that follows one of various classically established metrical patterns.
[From Latin hendecasyllabus, a line of eleven syllables, from Greek hendekasullabos : hendeka, eleven (hen, neuter of heis, one; see sem- in Indo-European roots + deka, ten; see decade) + sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]
hen·dec′a·syl′la·ble (-sĭl′ə-bəl) n.
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