What does decasyllabic mean?
Decasyllabic means Having ten syllables..
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/dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/ · adjective
Having ten syllables..
The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.
The lines are almost uniformly decasyllabic (though the syntax breaks up the iambs early in the sequence), and there are some notable exceptions which mainly cluster toward the end of the final sonnet (one line is a thirteener).
an English sonnet written in decasyllabics
Use decasyllabic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decasyllabic means Having ten syllables..
Common synonyms include syllabic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The accomplishment was nothing. The meticulous maps, drawn in three colors of ink, learning and spelling decasyllabic words, memorizing the whole of The Rape of Lucrece—it was for nothing.
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