decasyllable

Noun

Meaning

a verse line having ten syllables

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

decalogue decennary decennium decasyllabic decemvirate decastyle

Hypernyms

verse verse line

Related terms

decasyllabic

Examples

Caesura is typical for syllabic metres of French and Polish poetry and for "osmerac" (octosyllable) and "deseterac" (decasyllable) of Serbocroatian folk song. Source: Internet

It is a decasyllable line, probably borrowed from French and Italian forms, with riding rhyme and, occasionally, a caesura in the middle of a line. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

decasulphide decasyllabic decasyllabicity decasyllabon decate decategorialisation