The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decasyllabic
Decasyllabic \Dec`a*syl*lab"ic\, a. [Pref. deca- + syllabic: cf. F. d['e]casyllabique, d['e]casyllable.] Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
Wiktionary
decasyllabic
a. 1 having ten syllables 2 composed of decasyllables
WordNet
decasyllabic
adj. having or consisting of lines of ten syllables
Usage examples of "decasyllabic".
The most important element in the proper reading of Chaucer's verses -- whether written in the decasyllabic or heroic metre, which he introduced into our literature, or in the octosyllabic measure used with such animated effect in "The House of Fame," "Chaucer's Dream," &c.