disyllabic

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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

The loud, musical, disyllabic call of the male is also very characteristic.

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

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

Disyllabic or feminine caesura, two kinds of which are to be distinguished, viz.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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