Hendecasyllable

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hendecasyllable \Hen*dec"a*syl`la*ble\, n. [L. hendecasyllabus,
     Gr. ? eleven-syllabled; ? eleven + ? syllable: cf. F.
     hend['e]casyllabe.]
     A metrical line of eleven syllables. --J. Warton.
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