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Decasyllabic

//dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having ten syllables. not-comparable

    "The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing."

  2. 2
    Composed of decasyllables. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A decasyllable. plural

    "an English sonnet written in decasyllabics"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From deca- + syllabic.

Etymology 2

From deca- + syllabic.

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