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[ dek-uh-si-lab-ik ] / ˌdɛk ə sɪˈlæb ɪk /
adjectivehaving ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse. Origin of decasyllabic1765–75; deca- + syllabic; compare French décasyllabique OTHER WORDS FROM decasyllabicnon·dec·a·syl·lab·ic, adjectiveWords nearby decasyllabicdecarburize, decare, decastyle, decastylos, decasualize, decasyllabic, decasyllable, decathect, decathlete, decathlon, decating Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for decasyllabicThe form, though not finished with the perfection of the French decasyllabic, is by no means of a very uncouth description. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory|George Saintsbury On one occasion, one of our children, a little boy, had been spending some time over a number of decasyllabic lines. Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori This is no less true of the decasyllabic verse, when compared with the full sonority of Lycidas, than of the shorter measures. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama|Walter W. Greg Nearly all of Chaucer's tales that are in stanzas are early, whilst all that are in decasyllabic couplets are late. Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
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