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Pentasyllable

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penthemimerisnoun(poetry) A prosal group of two and a half feet.
pentametristnounOne who writes in pentameter.
paeonnoun(poetry) A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable.
ancepsnoun(poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.
spondeenoun(poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
polysyllabismnoun(linguistics) The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language.
pyrrhicRelating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.
pentarchnounA member of a pentarchy
pentapodynoun(poetry) A measure, verse, or series consisting of five feet.
hypercatalexisnoun(poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
pentathlosnoun(obsolete) A pentathlete.
proceleusmaticnoun(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four short syllables.
longHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.
spondeusnounArchaic form of spondee. [(poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.]
polywordnoun(linguistics) A phrase that acts like a single word.
pentisenounAlternative form of pentice. [An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.]
disyllablenounA word comprising two syllables.
monosyllablenounA word of one syllable.
tetrasyllablenoun(also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables.
trisyllablenounA word of three syllables.

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