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Definition of Disyllabic
1. Adjective. Having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables.
Definition of Disyllabic
1. Adjective. Comprising two syllables. ¹
2. Noun. a word consisting of two syllables ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disyllabic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disyllabic
Literary usage of Disyllabic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry: 150 B.C.-pre-fifth/sixth by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"19:23) The stem has more than one syllable. The disyllabic stem has a long vowel
and/or a closed syllable. The following item is a suffix. ..."
2. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1885)
"And accordingly, the tendency to disyllabic roots will be the characteristic
feature of speech corresponding to this quality of thought, which has a minor ..."
3. Chapters on English Metre by Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (1886)
"March made disyllabic, to avoid unaccented third foot. ... The Go|ds not | the
patric|ians make | it and | Qods made disyllabic, to avoid the trochee in the ..."
4. The Public School Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools, Colleges, and by Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1890)
"(12) Eodem, eaedem, eosdem, are disyllabic or trisyllabic; but disyllabic only
where the second vowel is long by nature : eundem, eandem, ..."
5. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1907)
"V. The disyllabic diet of the Plautine age would become dit about the time of
... The testimony of these lines is really in favour of disyllabic di and dis. ..."
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