decasyllable
[ dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl ]
noun
a word or line of verse of ten syllables.
Origin of decasyllable
1Other words from decasyllable
- non·dec·a·syl·la·ble, noun
Words Nearby decasyllable
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How to use decasyllable in a sentence
Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.
A Short History of French Literature | George SaintsburyThe shorter length of the decasyllable line is not altogether a disadvantage to the translator.
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | Omar Khayyam
British Dictionary definitions for decasyllable
decasyllable
/ (ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəl) /
noun
a word or line of verse consisting of ten syllables
Derived forms of decasyllable
- decasyllabic (ˌdɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk), adjective
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