a word or line of verse having ten syllables
decasyllable
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decasyllable
noun
A line of verse having ten syllables.
Related Forms:
- dec′a·syl·lab′ic
adjective
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"decasyllable." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 18 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/decasyllable>.
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decasyllable. (n.d.). Retrieved December 18th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/decasyllable
