- hexasyllabic
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hexasyllabic
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hexasyllabic — |heksə+ adjective Etymology: Greek hexasyllabos (from hexa + syllabē syllable) + English ic more at syllable : comprising six syllables … Useful english dictionary
hexasyllable — hexasyllabic /hek seuh si lab ik/, adj. /hek seuh sil euh beuhl/, n. a word or line of verse of six syllables. [HEXA + SYLLABLE] * * * … Universalium
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Saturnian (poetry) — Saturnian meter or verse is an old Latin and Italic poetic form, of which the principles of versification have become obscure. Only 132 complete uncontroversial verses survive. 95 literary verses and partial fragments have been preserved as… … Wikipedia
Luys Ycart — (fl. 1396 ndash;1433), or Lluís Icart in modern orthography, was a Catalan poet. He left behind fourteen lyric poems and a long poem called Consolació i Avís d amor . All of his poetry was produced before the period 1420 ndash;30, which… … Wikipedia
Salut d'amor — A salut d amor [ Salu d amors is an alternative spelling.] (love letter, lit. greeting) or (e)pistola (epistle) was an Occitan lyric poem of the troubadours, written as a letter from one lover to another in the tradition of courtly love. Some… … Wikipedia
Biket, Robert — (Robert Biquet) (fl. 1150–1175) Robert Biket is known only as the author of a late 12th century Anglo Norman poem called Lai du cor (“The Lai of the Horn”). The poem is a 580 line text of the type known as a Breton LAI a short ROMANCE of the… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
hexasyllable — a. verse line or word of six syllables. ♦ hexasyllabic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
hexasyllable — “+ noun Etymology: hexa + syllable : a word of six syllables * * * hexasyllabic /hek seuh si lab ik/, adj. /hek seuh sil euh beuhl/, n. a word or line of verse of six syllables. [HEXA + SYLLABLE] … Useful english dictionary
