octosyllable

noun

Etymology

From octo- + syllable.

  1. derived from συλλαβή
  2. derived from syllaba
  3. derived from sillebe
  4. derived from sillable
  5. inherited from syllable
  6. prefixed as octosyllable — “octo + syllable

Definitions

  1. line of verse with eight syllables

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for octosyllable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA