pentasyllable [pen-tuh-sil-uh-buh l] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a word or line of verse of five syllables.
Origin of pentasyllable First recorded in 1810–20; penta- + syllable Related formspen·ta·syl·lab·ic [pen-tuh-si-lab-ik] /ˌpɛn tə sɪˈlæb ɪk/, adjectivepen·ta·syl·la·bism, noun Examples from the Web for pentasyllabic Historical Examples of pentasyllabic
A tetrasyllabic word has two accents when it stands at the beginning of a line, and a pentasyllabic word always.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse
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Pentasyllabic, pen-ta-si-lab′ik, adj. having five syllables.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
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Pentasyllabic Verse: A verse of five syllables must have an accent on the fourth.
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer