asyllabic

American

[ey-si-lab-ik] / ˌeɪ sɪˈlæb ɪk /

adjective

not syllabic.

asyllabic British

/ ˌæsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌeɪ- /

adjective

not functioning in the manner of a syllable

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Etymology

Origin of asyllabic

First recorded in 1745–55; a- ⁶ + syllabic

Example Sentences

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For the iambic dimeter, freely altered by the licences of equivalence, anacrusis, and catalexis, though not recently practised in English when Christabel and the Lay set the example, is an inevitable result of the clash between accented, alliterative, asyllabic rhythm and quantitative, exactly syllabic metre, which accompanied the transformation of Anglo-Saxon into English.

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