sexisyllabic

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adjective

Having six syllables; hexasyllabic.

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Meanings

adjectivesexisyllabic (not comparable)

alternative sexasyllabic

  1. not comparableHaving six syllables; hexasyllabic.

    If you hum or whistle the rhythm of the common English metres,— of the decasyllabic quatrain, or the octosyllabic with alternate sexisyllabic, or other rhythms, […]

    1872, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poetry and Imagination

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hexasyllabic

Origin

From sexi- + syllabic.

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APA

sexisyllabic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexisyllabic

MLA

“sexisyllabic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexisyllabic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexisyllabic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexisyllabic.

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