2 entries under this word

Hendecasyllable

Hen-dēe'a-syl-lāb'le, a.

adjective

a. Pertaining to a line of eleven syllables; consisting of eleven syllables.

Hen-dĕc'a-syl'la-ble, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ἑνδεκασύλλαβος, from ἕνδεκα, eleven, and συλλαβή, syllable; Lat. hendecasyllabus, Fr. hendécasyllabe.] A metrical line of eleven syllables. Warton.