trisyllable
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of trisyllable
1580–90; tri- + syllable, modeled on Greek trisýllabos having three syllables
Example Sentences
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A less number are dissyllabic; few exceed this; and it may be questioned, from the present state of the examination, whether there is a single primitive trisyllable.
From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
As with Mutineer once, he had dropped his bridle, but there was no use in uttering, as he had, then, the trisyllable which had reduced the horse to order.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
In the first and fourth scenes the word “virtuous” was used as a dissyllable; in the third it was used as a trisyllable.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Edmund Gosse
It gives no them direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
Three consonants running, as in 'perfunctory', keep the stress where it has to be in a trisyllable, such as 'victory'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
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