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heptasyllabic, a. (n.)|ˌhɛptəsɪˈlæbɪk|
[f. Gr. ἑπτασύλλαβ-ος of seven syllables (f. ἑπτά hepta- + συλλαβή syllable) + -ic.]
Containing or consisting of seven syllables. b. n. A verse or metrical line of seven syllables.
a1771Gray Corr. (1843) 256 With Heptasyllabics mixed at pleasure. 1885Sir P. Perring Hard Knots 78 What is admitted in a decasyllabic line, must be admitted in a heptasyllabic. 1889Swinburne B. Jonson 56 His use of the sweet and simple heptasyllabic metre.
So heptaˈsyllable (rare), a word or metrical line of seven syllables.
1758Borlase Cornwall 296 It is the Trochaic Heptasyllable, otherwise called the Trochaic Diameter Catalectic. |