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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It gives no them direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
It gives them no direct advantage over the clod who stumbles against a trisyllable.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various
My name is not so short: ’Tis a trisyllable, an’t please your worship; But vulgar tongues have made bold to profane it With the short sound of that unhallowed idol They call a kit.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
Trisyllab′ic, -al, pertaining to a trisyllable: consisting of three syllables.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
When introduced early in the 18th century it was as a trisyllable co-co-a, a mispronunciation of cacao or cocoa, the Spanish adaptation from the Mexican cacauatl.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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