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DECASYLLABIC

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dec⋅a⋅syl⋅lab⋅ic

  [dek-uh-si-lab-ik]
–adjective
having ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse.
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Origin:
1765–75; deca- + syllabic; cf. F décasyllabique
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dec·a·syl·la·ble   (děk'ə-sĭl'ə-bəl)   
n.  A line of verse having ten syllables.
dec'a·syl·lab'ic (-sə-lāb'ĭk) adj.
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