trisyllabic
- a word derived from trisyllable.
Example Sentences
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The omission of one of the two light syllables from the foot in trisyllabic verse is so common as to make it difficult to find pure anapestic or dactylic verse in English.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
An example: they say that in conversation old Bardianna dealt in nothing but trisyllabic sentences.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
Except a few uncommonly superstitious people, who does not enjoy the whip-poor-will's trisyllabic exhortation, and the yak of the night-hawk?
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
The usual metrical feet are either dissyllabic or trisyllabic.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
So in the following specimens dissyllabic and trisyllabic feet are used interchangeably.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
