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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

dissyllabe

, L.

disyllabus

, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. [GREEK];

δι-

δίσ-

twice + [GREEK] syllable. See

A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.

Noun.

[Gr., two or twice; a syllable.] A word consisting of two syllables only; as, paper, whiteness, virtue.

dissyllable ‎(plural dissyllables)