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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
hendecasyllabic (not comparable)
- Having eleven syllables.
Translations
Noun
hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)
- A word or line of eleven syllables.
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