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DECASYLLABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decasyllable mean?
• DECASYLLABLE (noun)
The noun DECASYLLABLE has 1 sense:
1. a verse line having ten syllables
Familiarity information: DECASYLLABLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line having ten syllables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("decasyllable" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
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