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octosyllable

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1. octosyllable - Noun

2. octosyllable - Adjective

Meaning

Octosyllabic.

A word of eight syllables.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Caesura is typical for syllabic metres of French and Polish poetry and for "osmerac" (octosyllable) and "deseterac" (decasyllable) of Serbocroatian folk song. Source: Internet

In english poetry caesura is typical for trochaic octosyllable of church hymns while iambic metres have no caesuras. Source: Internet

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