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decasyllabic, a. (n.)|dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk|
[f. Gr. δέκα ten + syllabic. Cf. F. décasyllabique (1752 in Hatzf.).]
A. adj. Consisting of ten syllables.
B. n. A line of ten syllables.
a1771Gray Observ. Eng. Metre Wks. 1843 V. 242 Spenser has also given an instance of the decasyllabic measure. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. i. viii. §28 Every line is regularly and harmoniously decasyllabic. 1854Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims, Poet. & Imag. Wks. (Bohn) III. 159 The decasyllabic quatrain. 1880S. Lane-Poole in Macm. Mag. No. 246. 498 Over four thousand lines of decasyllabics have not stifled his fervour. |