trisyllable
noun
a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
trisyllabic
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a word derived from
trisyllable.
Example Sentences
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When, however, the word is compound, or trisyllabic, the combination with the word more, is preferable. more fruitful fruitfuller. more villainous villainouser.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The usual metrical feet are either dissyllabic or trisyllabic.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
This is known as cro cummaisc etir casbairdne ocus lethrannaigecht, and consists of seven-syllable lines with trisyllabic rhymes, alternating with five-syllable lines having monosyllabic rhymes.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
So in the following specimens dissyllabic and trisyllabic feet are used interchangeably.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Pray discuss their works, or merits, seriatim, as the judges call it; for I feel overwhelmed at the stringing together of such trisyllabic names.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
