Usually means: Twelve-syllable line of verse.
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  1. dodecasyllable: Merriam-Webster
  2. dodecasyllable: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dodecasyllable: Wordnik
  4. dodecasyllable: Wiktionary
  5. dodecasyllable: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Dodecasyllable, dodecasyllable: Dictionary.com
  7. Dodecasyllable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Dodecasyllable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. dodecasyllable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Dodecasyllable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. dodecasyllable: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dodecasyllable: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. DODECASYLLABLE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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▸ noun:  A word consisting of twelve syllables.

Similar:
duodecasyllable, decasyllable, hendecasyllable, dodecad, decasyllabon, dodecade, dodecameter, dodecaphonism, hexasyllable, dodecaphonics, more...

Opposite:
monosyllable, disyllable, trisyllable, tetrasyllable, pentasyllable

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Similar:
duodecasyllable, decasyllable, hendecasyllable, dodecad, decasyllabon, dodecade, dodecameter, dodecaphonism, hexasyllable, dodecaphonics, more...

Opposite:
monosyllable, disyllable, trisyllable, tetrasyllable, pentasyllable



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