pentasyllable
/ˈpɛntəˌsɪləbl/ /ˌpɛntəˈsɪləbl/noun
A word with five syllables.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in The Quarterly Review. From penta- + syllable, after post-classical Latin pentasyllabum, use as noun of neuter of pentasyllabus.
- postman's knock
- post-marital
- postmark
- postmaster
- postmaster general
- postmastership
- post-materialism
- post-materialist
- post-materialistic
- postmature
- postmaturely
- postmaturity
- postmeatal
- postmedial
- postmedian
- post-mediastinum
- post-meiotic
- post-menarchal
- post-menarcheal
- postmenopausal
- postmenopausally
- postmenopause
- postmenstrual
- postmenstruum
- postmeridian