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asyllabic
[ ey-si-lab-ik ]
asyllabic
/ ˌæsɪˈlæbɪk; ˌeɪ- /
adjective
- not functioning in the manner of a syllable
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asyllabic1
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Example Sentences
For the iambic dimeter, freely altered by the licences of equivalence, anacrusis, and catalexis, though not recently practised in English when Christabel and the Lay set the example, is an inevitable result of the clash between accented, alliterative, asyllabic rhythm and quantitative, exactly syllabic metre, which accompanied the transformation of Anglo-Saxon into English.
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