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OCTOSYLLABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("octosyllable" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
Derivation:
octosyllabic (having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables)
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