Octosyllable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line of verse containing eight syllables.
  • n. A poem having eight syllables in each line.
  • n. A word of eight syllables.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. line of verse with eight syllables
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Octosyllabic.
  • n. A word of eight syllables.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of eight syllables.
  • n. A word of eight syllables.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verse    verse line   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning