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octosyllable, n. and a.|ɒktəʊˈsɪləb(ə)l|
[f. L. octosyllab-us, after syllable: cf. F. octosyllabe (1611 in Cotgr.).]
a. n. = prec. B.; also, a word of eight syllables.
b. adj. = prec. A.
1775–8Tyrwhitt Lang. Chaucer Note 60, I call this the octosyllable metre, from what I apprehended to have been its original form. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. ii. (1873) 364 The octosyllable metre, of which modern writers are so fond. 1846Worcester, Octosyllable, n. A word of eight syllables. Clarke. 1882Saintsbury in Spenser's Wks. (Grosart) III. p. lxvi, A poem in octosyllables. |