Hendecasyllabic Definition
hĕn-dĕkə-sĭ-lăbĭk
adjective
Containing eleven syllables: said as of a line of verse.
Webster's New World
noun
A verse of 11 syllables, especially one that follows one of various classically established metrical patterns.
American Heritage
A line of verse having eleven syllables.
Webster's New World
Origin of Hendecasyllabic
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From Latin hendecasyllabus a line of eleven syllables from Greek hendekasullabos hendeka eleven (hen) (neuter of heis one sem-1 in Indo-European roots) (deka ten decade) sullabē syllable syllable
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἐνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasullabos), from ἕνδεκα (hendeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabē, “syllable”).
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