disyllabism

or dis·syl·la·bism

[dahy-sil-uh-biz-uh m, di- or dih-sil-uh-biz-uh m, dis-sil-, dahy-sil-]

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noun

the state of being disyllabic.

Origin of disyllabism

First recorded in 1880–85; di-¹ + syllabism

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