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Definition of Disyllable
1. Noun. A word having two syllables.
Definition of Disyllable
1. Noun. A word comprising two syllables. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disyllable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disyllable
Literary usage of Disyllable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1907)
"But the inference that di was a disyllable in Plautus rests on objective ...
Moreover, when *dei (de] became a disyllable, it could only do so as diet, ..."
2. Fragments and Specimens of Early Latin by John Wordsworth (1874)
"... must be a disyllable, and after märe a thesis must be suppressed. 29.
Maneta» (monere), here a translation of Muf/woi/vi). ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1884)
""Feasted on" would give a good sense. The disyllable seems to me to suit the
rhythm of the rest of the strophe better than the ..."
4. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1885)
"... it is not felt as distinguishing the word, but rather has the effect of taking
up into the word as an enclitic a following monosyllable or disyllable, ..."
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