decasyllabic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nondecasyllabic adjective
Etymology
Origin of decasyllabic
Example Sentences
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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.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
When we come to the department of metre we seem to be on surer ground; the metre of Beaumont has high qualities, and his decasyllabic verse reminds me of the cold purity of a waterfall.
From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.
The decasyllabic line was an old measure; so was the seven-line stanza, both in Provençal and French.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)
Ron′del, a form of French verse, earlier than the rondeau, consisting of thirteen octosyllabic or decasyllabic lines on two rhymes—practised by Charles of Orleans, &c.;
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
His best piece, Nanine, a dramatisation of Pamela, or at least suggested by it, is chiefly remarkable for being written in decasyllabic verse.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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