Definition of Dissyllable. Meaning of Dissyllable. Synonyms of Dissyllable

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Definition of Dissyllable

Dissyllable
Dissyllable Dis*syl"la*ble (?; 277), n. [F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? syllable. See Syllable.] A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.

Meaning of Dissyllable from wikipedia

- 2011. As a little confusion is experienced by scholars, when spelling dissyllable verbs ending in ie, it is well to remember that when the diphthong is...
- Lucilius. But Lindsay believes that the 1st person eō "I am going" was a dissyllable. It seems that the single-syllable form of such words was used when they...