decasyllablen.adj.
/dɛkəˈsɪləb(ə)l/ A. n.
A line of ten syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > ten syllables
decasyllabon1589
decasyllable1859
decasyllabic1880
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxxix I had rather hear Mrs. Warrington's artless prattle than your declamation of Mr. Warrington's decasyllables.
B. adj.
Of ten syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having ten syllables
decasyllabica1771
decasyllable1837
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. viii. 595 The normal type, or decasyllable line.
1892 Academy 17 Sept. 230/2 The decasyllable couplet.
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