trisyllable
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- trisyllabic adjective
- trisyllabical adjective
- trisyllabically adverb
- trisyllabism noun
Etymology
Origin of trisyllable
1580–90; tri- + syllable, modeled on Greek trisýllabos having three syllables
Example Sentences
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A less number are dissyllabic; few exceed this; and it may be questioned, from the present state of the examination, whether there is a single primitive trisyllable.
From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
The name is not Iroquois—yet it may be, too—a soft, gracious trisyllable stolen from the Lenape.
From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Each line ends with a trisyllable or a tetrasyllable, with dissyllabic rhyme running through the quatrain.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
Trisyllab′ic, -al, pertaining to a trisyllable: consisting of three syllables.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It gives no them direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
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