tridecasyllabic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trideca- +‎ syllabic

Adjective[edit]

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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