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pentasyllable

[pen-tuh-sil-uh-buhl]

noun

  1. a word or line of verse of five syllables.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pentasyllabic adjective
  • pentasyllabism noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pentasyllable1

First recorded in 1810–20; penta- + syllable
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Example Sentences

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The three paradoxers last named and myself have a pentasyllable convention, under which, though we go far beyond civility, we keep within civilization.

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