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decasillabo.

A line of verse containing ten syllables (in classical Italian verse)

11 characters5 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌdɛ.kaˈsil.la.bo/
  1. A line of verse containing ten syllables (in classical Italian verse)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin decasyllabus, from Ancient Greek δεκασύλλαβος (dekasúllabos), from δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) + σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”). By surface analysis, deca- + sillabo.

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