DECASYLLABIC


Meaning of DECASYLLABIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌde-kə-sə-ˈla-bik ]

adjective

Etymology: probably from French décasyllabique, from Greek dekasyllabos, from deka- deca- + syllabē syllable

Date: 1771

: consisting of 10 syllables or composed of verses of 10 syllables

• decasyllabic noun

• deca·syl·la·ble ˈde-kə-ˌsi-lə-bəl, ˌde-kə-ˈ noun

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