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Definition of Hendecasyllable
1. n. A metrical line of eleven syllables.
Definition of Hendecasyllable
1. Noun. (chiefly prosody) A line, verse, or word that comprises eleven syllables. ¹
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Definition of Hendecasyllable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hendecasyllable
Literary usage of Hendecasyllable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of John Milton by Charles Symmons (1822)
"bit solers Rousi," the critic observes, " If he meant this verse for an
hendecasyllable, there is a false quantity in solers. ..."
2. Grammar of the Spanish Language: With Practical Exercises by Auguste-Louis Josse (1847)
"Independently of this final accent, the hendecasyllable verses, or of eleven
syllables, require also an accent upon their fourth or sixth syllable. ..."
3. Studies in Honor of Maurice Bloomfield by Maurice Bloomfield (1920)
"In Martial and Lucan, for example, neque occurs (except for the locution neque
enim) only in the cyclic dactyl of the hendecasyllable and in the first, ..."
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