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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Octosyllabic

ŏc'to-syl-lăb'ic or ŏc'to-syl-lăb'ic-al or ŏc'to-syl'la-ble, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. octosyllabus, from octo, eight, and syllaba, syllable; Sp. octosilabico, octosilabo.] Consisting of eight syllables.

ŏc'to-sȳl'la-ble, n.

noun

n. A word of eight syllables.