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English
Etymology
undeca- + syllabic
Adjective
undecasyllabic (not comparable)
- (linguistics, poetry) Having eleven syllables.
1886, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of Central America. 1886-1887, page 61:The subdivision forms octave stanzas of the Italian form, undecasyllabic triple measure, in feminine rhyme, of triple alternating lines, with a finishing couplet.
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