disyllabic

[ dahy-si-lab-ik, dis-i- ]

adjective

1. consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disyllabic¹

First recorded in 1630–40; di- ¹ + syllabic

Example Sentences

The distinction is really one between monosyllabic and disyllabic roots.

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The third is mono-rhymed throughout, the lines being disyllabic with licence to extend.

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These words agree in being disyllabic, but otherwise they are a tiresome and quarrelsome people.

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What a structure of little monosyllabic and disyllabic forms is added to the verb and to the substantive, in the Coptic language!

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It must be admitted that the disyllabic words are not wholly constant to a principle.

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