I. |äktə, |äktō+ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin octosyllabus, octasyllabus octosyllabic (from Greek oktasyllabos, from okta- octa- + -syllabos, from syllabē syllable) + English -ic — more at syllable
: having eight syllables or composed of verses having eight syllables
an octosyllabic line
an octosyllabic poem
II. noun
( -s )
: a verse of eight syllables