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decasyllable

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dec⋅a⋅syl⋅la⋅ble

  [dek-uh-sil-uh-buhl]
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–noun
a word or line of verse of ten syllables.
Origin:
1830–40; deca- + syllable
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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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