Sexasyllabic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sexisyllabic. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The latter clause, however, relieves the dilemma in which I should otherwise find myself involved; for I was far from attempting the performance of what the witty Dean Swift once coined a sexasyllabic word for, viz.: ‘sermonification.’"

Synonyms

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hexasyllabic

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"The latter clause, however, relieves the dilemma in which I should otherwise find myself involved; for I was far from attempting the performance of what the witty Dean Swift once coined a sexasyllabic word for, viz.: ‘sermonification.’"

Etymology

From sexa- + syllabic. Piecewise doublet of hexasyllabic.

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