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Dissyllabize :: Dissyllabize (v. t.) To form into two syllables; to dissyllabify.

Antepenultima :: Antepenultima (n.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable..

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

Fa :: Fa (n.) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.

Quinquesyllable :: Quinquesyllable (n.) A word of five syllables.

Spondulics :: Spondee (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges..

Ending :: Ending (n.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5..

Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables..

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language..

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

Quadri-syllabical :: Quadri-syllabical () Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word..

Preantenultimate :: Preantenultimate (a.) Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult..

Enunciate :: Enunciate (v. i.) To utter words or syllables articulately.

Ictus :: Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

Slur :: Slur (n.) A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato..

Tetrasyllabical :: Tetrasyllabical (a.) Consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic..

Long :: Long (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel..

Euphony :: Euphony (n.) A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear..

Female Rhymes :: Female rhymes () double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line..

Apocopate :: Apocopate (v. t.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..

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