OCTOSYLLABLE


Meaning of OCTOSYLLABLE in English

/ok"teuh sil'euh beuhl/ , n.

a word or line of verse of eight syllables.

[ 1765-75; part trans. of LL octosyllabus; see OCTOSYLLABIC, SYLLABLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .