The Collaborative International Dictionary
Octosyllabic \Oc`to*syl*lab"ic\, Octosyllabical \Oc`to*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [L. octosyllabus. See Octo-, and Syllable.] Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
Wiktionary
a. Containing eight syllables
WordNet
adj. having or consisting of line of eight syllables; "octosyllabic verse"
having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables
Usage examples of "octosyllabic".
The change is marked by a return to blank verse: the previous lines are mostly in octosyllabic couplets.
Daisies, being among the simpler flowers, characteristically employ a rough sort of octosyllabic doggerel, but more evolved species, especially those in the tropics, can produce sestinas, rondeaux, and villanelles of the highest order.
Pope, the majestic blank verse of Thomson, the terse octosyllabics of Swift, the sonorous quatrains of Gray, and the lively anapests of Sheridan and Moore.
Pope, the majestic blank verse of Thomson, the terse octosyllabics of Swift, the sonorous quatrains of Gray, and the lively anapests of Sheridan and Moore.
The most important element in the proper reading of Chaucer's verses -- whether written in the decasyllabic or heroic metre, which he introduced into our literature, or in the octosyllabic measure used with such animated effect in "The House of Fame," "Chaucer's Dream," &c.