dissyllable

[ dih-sil-uh-buhl, dis-sil-, dahy-sil- ]

noun

1. disyllable.

dissyllable

/ ˈdaɪsɪləbəl; ˌdɪsɪˈlæbɪk; ˈdaɪsɪl-; dɪˈsɪləbəl; ˌdɪssɪ-; dɪˈsɪl-; ˌdɪ-; ˌdaɪ-; ˈdɪsˌsɪl-; ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk /

noun

1. grammar a word of two syllables

Derived Forms

• dissyllabic, adjective

Other Words From

• dis·syl·lab·ic [dis-i-, lab, -ik, dis-si-, dahy-si-], adjective

Example Sentences

These words are divided into two classes, dissyllables and words of three and four syllables, and introduced by a few lines of introduction, in which the words are divided by way of guidance.

From Project Gutenberg

Each term thus acquires five distinct meanings, and in fact represents five different words, which were phonetically distinct dissyllables, or even polysyllables in the primitive language.

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"Or your 'Ti-mes' newspaper!" cried another, converting the title of the Thunderer into a strange dissyllable.

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In later Gaelic literature the primitive form �riu became the dissyllable �ire; hence the Norsemen called the island the land of �ire, i.e.

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If correctly printed, it has a dissyllable rhyme, with the accentual stress on ‘wi’ thee.’

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