decasyllabic

1. 1.

   having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables

   Similarsyllabic

Questions about decasyllabic

What does decasyllabic mean?

decasyllabic means "having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables".

How many syllables are in decasyllabic?

decasyllabic has 5 syllables: de-ca-syl-la-bic. The stress falls on "la".

Is decasyllabic a common word?

decasyllabic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.