disyllabic
adjective
consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.
dissyllabic
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a variation of
disyllabic.
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a word derived from
dissyllable.
Example Sentences
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Thus Marie may be three-syllabled, as above, or answer to mie as a dissyllable; but vierge is always, I think, dissyllabic, vier-ge, with even stronger accent on the -ge, for the Latin -go.
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
The wrenching of accent for metrical purposes, moreover, is not confined to the dissyllabic words which show the simple recession of accent.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
Another frequently employed metre is the rindard, consisting of lines of six syllables with dissyllabic endings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
I have tried to give a little of it by the use of dissyllabic rhymes.
From Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French by Francis William Bourdillon
But even that wretched modern Chinese has no dissyllabic word, as that would entail a loss of the accent.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
