dissyllabic
- a variation of disyllabic.
- a word derived from dissyllable.
Example Sentences
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Throughout the Argentine country it is called- 166 - Téru-téru, from its ever-repeated dissyllabic cry; west of the Andes the vernacular name is Queltregue, also in imitation of its notes.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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 Bourdillon, Francis William
It constantly utters a sharp, not unpleasant, metallic dissyllabic call, which sounds like kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
Such a verse with rhymes abab and monosyllabic or dissyllabic finals belongs to the class rannaigecht.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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
