Decasyllabic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Decasyllabic is an adjective meaning Having ten syllables.
Meaning
Having ten syllables.
More Meanings
- Composed of decasyllables.
- (mostly plural) A decasyllable.
Example Sentences
an English sonnet written in decasyllabics
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).
Word Forms
- decasyllabics
Synonyms for decasyllabic
Depending on context, synonyms include syllabic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include syllabic, quindecasyllabic, undecasyllabic, endecasyllabic, hendecasyllabic, dodecasyllabic.
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