decasyllable
[ dek-uh-sil-uh-buh l ]
/ ˈdɛk əˌsɪl ə bəl /
noun
a word or line of verse of ten syllables.
OTHER WORDS FROM decasyllable
non·dec·a·syl·la·ble, nounWords nearby decasyllable
decare,
decastyle,
decastylos,
decasualize,
decasyllabic,
decasyllable,
decathect,
decathlete,
decathlon,
decating,
decatur
Example sentences from the Web for decasyllable
Hitherto the decasyllable and the dodecasyllable had been used indiscriminately, and Ronsard's Franciade is written in the former.
A Short History of French Literature |George SaintsburyThe shorter length of the decasyllable line is not altogether a disadvantage to the translator.
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam |Omar Khayyam
British Dictionary definitions for decasyllable
decasyllable
/ (ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəl) /
noun
a word or line of verse consisting of ten syllables