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dissyllable

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

dissyllable

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

noun

  1. grammar a word of two syllables
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • dissyllabic, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·²õ²â±ô·±ô²¹²ú·¾±³¦ [dis-i-, lab, -ik, dis-si-, dahy-si-], adjective
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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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