decasyllabic

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English

Etymology

From deca- +‎ syllabic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/

Adjective

decasyllabic (not comparable)

  1. Having ten syllables.
  2. Composed of decasyllables.

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Noun

decasyllabic (plural decasyllabics)

  1. (mostly plural) A decasyllable.
    an English sonnet written in decasyllabics