imparisyllabic

American

[im-par-uh-si-lab-ik] / ɪmˌpær ə sɪˈlæb ɪk /

adjective

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

imparisyllabic British

/ ɪmˌpærsɪˈlæbɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of imparisyllabic

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

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imparisyllabic

I give, for simplicity, the nominative, adding the stem in the case of imparisyllabic words.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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