tridecasyllabic

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English

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Etymology

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From trideca- +‎ syllabic.

Adjective

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tridecasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having thirteen syllables, or thirteen syllables per line.
    • 2012, Gloria Bien, Baudelaire in China: A Study in Literary Reception, page 59:
      In line length, whereas other translators shortened, Tu preferred to fill out, often replacing the alexandrine with a tridecasyllabic line []

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