disyllabic
Americanadjective
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Origin of disyllabic
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It must be admitted that the disyllabic words are not wholly constant to a principle.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
The third is mono-rhymed throughout, the lines being disyllabic with licence to extend.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
What a structure of little monosyllabic and disyllabic forms is added to the verb and to the substantive, in the Coptic language!
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
The distinction is really one between monosyllabic and disyllabic roots.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
These words agree in being disyllabic, but otherwise they are a tiresome and quarrelsome people.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
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