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noun
An eleven-word poem, successive lines containing one, two, three, four and one words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībaną Proto-Germanic *-lif Proto-Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun Old English endleofan Middle English elleven English eleven Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English elevenie From eleven + -ie, calque of Dutch elfje or German Elfchen.
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