trisyllable
noun
a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
An example: they say that in conversation old Bardianna dealt in nothing but trisyllabic sentences.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
We believe that the correct pronunciation of cabaret is trisyllabic, with the accent on the final syllable, thus: "cab-a-ray."
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
Its metre is ae freslige—seven-syllable lines in a quatrain, rhyming abab: a being trisyllabic, b dissyllabic rhymes.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
Departures from the typical metre may be conveniently classified in five groups: Deficiency in accent; excess of accent; inversion of accent; light syllable added to dissyllabic foot; light syllable omitted in trisyllabic foot.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
