noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   line of verse with eight syllables
2. 2
   a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

eightoctaveoctet

Etymology

From octo- + syllable.

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