Definition of syllable

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Syllabize (v. t.) To syllabify.

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Monosyllabled :: Monosyllabled (a.) Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables..
Syllabe :: Syllabary (n.) A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters..
Hypercatalectic :: Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse..
Syllabically :: Syllabical (a.) Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment..
Monosyllable :: Monosyllable (n.) A word of one syllable.
Quaternion :: Quaternion (n.) A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
Long :: Long (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30..
Ectasis :: Ectasis (n.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
Spondulics :: Spondee (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges..
Trisyllable :: Trisyllable (n.) A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger..
Dissyllabify :: Dissyllabify (v. t.) To form into two syllables.
Cacophony :: Cacophony (n.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables..
Dissyllabic :: Dissyllabic (a.) Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry..
Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse..
Perispomenon :: Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.
Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..
Articulate :: Articulate (v. t.) To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language..
Heterographic :: Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic..
Dieresis :: Dieresis (n.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of synaeresis.
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