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decasyllabic

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[dek-uh-si-lab-ik] / ˌdɛk ə sɪˈlæb ɪk /

adjective

  1. having ten syllables.

    a decasyllabic verse.

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Etymology

Origin of decasyllabic

1765–75; deca- + syllabic; compare French décasyllabique

Example Sentences

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Decasyllabic couplet, 174-213; Chaucer's, 177; in Elizabethan age, 190; in the drama, 196-199; of the romantic poets, 209f.,

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

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