What does duosyllable mean?
Duosyllable means A word containing two syllables..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A word containing two syllables..
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’)”.
Use duosyllable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Duosyllable means A word containing two syllables..
Common synonyms include disyllable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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