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Definition of: octosyllabic
(ok′tə·si·lab′ik) adjective
1. Composed of eight syllables, as a line of verse.
2. Containing lines of eight syllables.
—noun An octosyllabic line or verse. [<LL octosyllabus <L <Gk. oktasyllabos <okta- eight + syllabē a syllable]
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