dissyllable
Other words from dissyllable
- dis·syl·lab·ic [dis-i-lab-ik, dis-si-, dahy-si-], /ˌdɪs ɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌdɪs sɪ-, ˌdaɪ sɪ-/, adjective
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How to use dissyllable in a sentence
dissyllable nouns in er, as cnker, btter, have the accent on the former syllable.
A Grammar of the English Tongue | Samuel JohnsonIt will thus be seen that many of Chaucers lines end with a dissyllable, instead of a single syllable.
Chaucer for Children | Mrs. H. R. HaweisThe practice which Shelley follows in this line of making 'heaven' a dissyllable is very frequent with him.
Adonais | ShelleyPhilarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file without one dissyllable betwixt them.
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry | John DrydenThe same soft word, which Thomasine made a dissyllable, and Boodles sang as an anthem, followed.
Furze the Cruel | John Trevena
British Dictionary definitions for dissyllable
disyllable (ˈdaɪsɪləbəl, dɪˈsɪl-)
/ (dɪˈsɪləbəl, ˈdɪsˌsɪl-, ˈdaɪsɪl-) /
grammar a word of two syllables
Derived forms of dissyllable
- dissyllabic (ˌdɪsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌdɪssɪ-, ˌdaɪ-) or disyllabic (ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌdɪ-), adjective
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