Duosyllable

Quick meaning: Duosyllable is a noun meaning A word containing two syllables.

Meaning

A word containing two syllables.

Example Sentences

To this minute account we might perhaps merely answer with laconic gravity, "Suppose," for on this magic duosyllable does the whole tale of gorgeous fortune and unprecedented gullibility depend.

Martin Amis famously saw off the cult of personality in tennis when he defined it as “an exact synonym of a seven-letter duosyllable starting with ‘a’, ending with ‘e’ (and also featuring, in order of appearance, an ‘ss’, an ‘h’, an ‘o’ and ‘l’)”.

Word Forms

• duosyllables

Synonyms for duosyllable

Depending on context, synonyms include disyllable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disyllable, disyllabic, polysyllable, hyperdisyllable, disyllabicity, polysyllabic.

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