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Definition of Trisyllable
1. Noun. A word having three syllables.
Definition of Trisyllable
1. n. A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a- ven-ger.
Definition of Trisyllable
1. Noun. a word comprised of three syllables ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trisyllable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trisyllable
Literary usage of Trisyllable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"This word was long used in English as a trisyllable, though statue was also employed.
Lord Bacon has it more than once in his 45th Essay ; and also in other ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"This word was long used in English as a trisyllable, though statue was also employed.
... trisyllable ..."
3. An English Grammar Conformed to Present Usage: With an Objective Method of by Alfred Holbrook (1873)
"trisyllable.—A word of three syllables. 106. ACCENTED SYLLABLE. One that is
pronounced with more force than others in the same word. Remark 1. ..."
4. Thirteen satires of Juvenal by Juvenal, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1878)
"88 one of 33 spondaic verses in luv. in 31 of the number the final word is a
trisyllable or ... trisyllable ..."
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