hendecasyllable
/hen-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, hen-dek-uh-sil-/US // hɛnˈdɛk əˌsɪl ə bəl, ˌhɛn dɛk əˈsɪl- //UK // (ˈhɛndɛkəˌsɪləbəl) //
hendecasylable
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
Examples
They first employed the Italian hendecasyllable, although it did not become acclimated till the days of Boscn.
Endechas reales are cuartetas in which three heptasyllables are followed by a hendecasyllable.
Therefore, nothing very distinct can be asserted about the origin of the hendecasyllable iambic line, which marks Italian poetry.
Hendecasyllable, hen′dek-a-sil-a-bl, n. a metrical line of eleven syllables.
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