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Metaplasm :: Metaplasm (n.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.

Aphetic :: Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form..

Sol :: Sol (n.) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale..

Umlaut :: Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed..

Antibacchius :: Antibacchius (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#)..

Dispondee :: Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

Syllabical :: Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent..

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Epitrite :: Epitrite (n.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.

Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2..

Compare :: Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing - er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing more and most, or less and least, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful..

Diastole :: Diastole (n.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

Octosyllabical :: Octosyllabical (a.) Consisting of or containing eight syllables.

Hypercatalectic :: Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse..

Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.

Syncopation :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

Apheresis :: Apheresis (n.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute..

Monosyllabic :: Monosyllabic (a.) Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language..

Brachycatalectic :: Brachycatalectic (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

Alcaic :: Alcaic (n.) A kind of verse, so called from Alcaeus. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls..

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