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dodecasyllable
[ doh-dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl, doh-dek- ]
dodecasyllable
/ ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl /
noun
- prosody a line of twelve syllables
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dodecasyllable1
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Example Sentences
This dodecasyllable has a short metrical pause after the sixth syllable, and a longer one after the twelfth.
From Project Gutenberg
Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.
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