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noun
line of verse with eight syllables
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: verse, verse line
History
From octo- + syllable.
Across languages
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