Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing twelve syllables.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having twelve syllables.
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- adjective Of
twelve syllables .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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He is especially famous for his metrical homilies in the dodecasyllabic verse of which, says Bar-Hebraeus, he composed seven hundred and sixty.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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