imparisyllabic

[ im-par-uh-si-lab-ik ]

adjective

(of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.

Origin of imparisyllabic

First recorded in 1720–30; impar + -i- + syllabic

Words Nearby imparisyllabic

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How to use imparisyllabic in a sentence

I give, for simplicity, the nominative, adding the stem in the case of imparisyllabic words.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for imparisyllabic

imparisyllabic

/ (ɪmˌpærsɪˈlæbɪk) /

adjective

(of a noun or verb in inflected languages) having inflected forms with different numbers of syllables: Compare parisyllabic

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