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Definition of syllable
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Syllable
(n.) A small part of a
sentence
or
discourse;
anything
concise
or
short;
a
particle.
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Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
Prosody
::
Prosody
(n.) That part of
grammar
which
treats
of the
quantity
of
syllables,
of
accent,
and of the laws of
versification
or
metrical
composition..
Diphthong
::
Diphthong
(n.) A vowel
digraph;
a union of two
vowels
in the same
syllable,
only one of them being
sounded;
as, ai in rain, eo in
people;
--
called
an
improper
diphthong..
Ending
::
Ending
(n.) The final
syllable
or
letter
of a word; the part
joined
to the stem. See 3d Case, 5..
Rhopalic
::
Rhopalic
(a.)
Applied
to a line or verse in which each
successive
word has one more
syllable
than the
preceding.
Amphibrach
::
Amphibrach
(n.) A foot of three
syllables,
the
middle
one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as,
h/b/r/.
In
modern
prosody
the
accented
syllable
takes the place of the long and the
unaccented
of the
short;
as,
pro-phet#ic..
Syncope
::
Syncope
(n.) An
elision
or
retrenchment
of one or more
letters
or
syllables
from the
middle
of a word; as, ne'er for
never,
ev'ry for
every..
Hendecasyllable
::
Hendecasyllable
(n.) A
metrical
line of
eleven
syllables.
Enunciate
::
Enunciate
(v. i.) To utter words or
syllables
articulately.
Sexisyllable
::
Sexisyllable
(n.) A word of six
syllables.
Cretic
::
Cretic
(n.) A
poetic
foot,
composed
of one short
syllable
between
two long ones (- / -)..
Prefix
::
Prefix
(v. t.) To put or fix
before,
or at the
beginning
of,
another
thing;
as, to
prefix
a
syllable
to a word, or a
condition
to an
agreement..
Hypercatalectic
::
Hypercatalectic
(a.)
Having
a
syllable
or two
beyond
measure;
as, a
hypercatalectic
verse..
Mi
::
Mi (n.) A
syllable
applied
to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in
European
solmization,
but to the third tone of any scale in the
American
system..
Antispast
::
Antispast
(n.) A foot of four
syllables,
the first and
fourth
short,
and the
second
and third long (#)..
Monosyllabism
::
Monosyllabism
(n.) The state of
consisting
of
monosyllables,
or
having
a
monosyllabic
form;
frequent
occurrence
of
monosyllables..
Long
::
Long (n.) A long
sound,
syllable,
or
vowel..
Ectasis
::
Ectasis
(n.) The
lengthening
of a
syllable
from short to long.
Coronis
::
Coronis
(n.) In Greek
grammar,
a sign [']
sometimes
placed
over a
contracted
syllable..
Octosyllable
::
Octosyllable
(a.)
Octosyllabic.
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