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disyllabic

[ dahy-si-lab-ik, dis-i- ]

adjective

  1. consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disyllabic1

First recorded in 1630–40; di- 1 + syllabic
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Example Sentences

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The distinction is really one between monosyllabic and disyllabic roots.

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The third is mono-rhymed throughout, the lines being disyllabic with licence to extend.

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These words agree in being disyllabic, but otherwise they are a tiresome and quarrelsome people.

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What a structure of little monosyllabic and disyllabic forms is added to the verb and to the substantive, in the Coptic language!

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It must be admitted that the disyllabic words are not wholly constant to a principle.

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