decasyllabic

adjective

deca·​syl·​lab·​ic ˌde-kə-sə-ˈla-bik 

: consisting of 10 syllables or composed of verses of 10 syllables

decasyllabic noun

decasyllable

ˈde-kə-ˌsi-lə-bəl 

ˌde-kə-ˈsi-

noun

Word History

Etymology

probably from French décasyllabique, from Greek dekasyllabos, from deka- deca- + syllabē syllable

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for decasyllabic

• monosyllabic
• polysyllabic
• disyllabic
• syllabic