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Decasyllabic

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dec·a·syl·la·ble  (dk-sl-bl)
n.
A line of verse having ten syllables.
deca·syl·labic (-s-lbk) adj.
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Adj.1.decasyllabic - having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables
syllabic - consisting of a syllable or syllables


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These would, perhaps, have fascinated any boy, but I had such a fanaticism for methodical verse that any variation from the octosyllabic and decasyllabic couplets was painful to me.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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