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

In a feat of dazzling wordplay, Mr. Meehan portrayed a beleaguered host opening his door to a series of guests, all with disyllabic first names, including Ava Gardner, Abba Eban, Ida Lupino, Ilya Ehrenburg and on and on: “The bell rings again, and I am pleased to find Oona O’Neill, Charlie Chaplin’s wife, at the door. She is alone. I bring her into the room. ‘

From Washington Post

The Orlando Furioso was sumptuously illustrated, and to it was prefixed an Apologie of Poetrie, justifying the subject matter of the poem, and, among other technical matters, the author’s use of disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, also a life of Ariosto compiled by Harington from various Italian sources.

From Project Gutenberg

The distinction is really one between monosyllabic and disyllabic roots.

From Project Gutenberg

Chinese may be said to consist of a vast number of monosyllables, each expressed by a different ideograph, each having a distinct significance, and each capable of combination and permutation with one or more of the others, by which combinations and permutations disyllabic and trisyllabic words are obtained representing every conceivable shade of meaning.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg