hendecasyllabic

Borrowed from Latin hendecasyllabus, from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος (hendekasúllabos), from ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”) + συλλαβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /henˌdek.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɛnˌdɛk.ə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -æbɪk

hendecasyllabic (not comparable)

1. Having eleven syllables.

hendecasyllabic (plural hendecasyllabics)

1. A word or line of eleven syllables.

• hendecasyllable

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Hendecasyllabics