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dissyllable
[ dih-sil-uh-buhl, dis-sil-, dahy-sil- ]
dissyllable
/ ˌdɪ-; dɪˈsɪl-; dɪˈsɪləbəl; ˈdɪsˌsɪl-; ˌdaɪ-; ˌdɪsɪˈlæbɪk; ˈdaɪsɪl-; ˌdɪssɪ-; ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk; ˈdaɪsɪləbəl /
noun
- grammar a word of two syllables
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Derived Forms
- dissyllabic, adjective
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Other Words From
- dis·syl·lab·ic [dis-i-, lab, -ik, dis-si-, dahy-si-], adjective
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Example Sentences
Dissyllable nouns in er, as cnker, btter, have the accent on the former syllable.
It will thus be seen that many of Chaucers lines end with a dissyllable, instead of a single syllable.
The practice which Shelley follows in this line of making 'heaven' a dissyllable is very frequent with him.
Philarchus, I remember, taxes Balzac for placing twenty monosyllables in file without one dissyllable betwixt them.
The same soft word, which Thomasine made a dissyllable, and Boodles sang as an anthem, followed.
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