English

Noun

duosyllable ‎(plural duosyllables)

1. A word containing two syllables.
   • 1825, Benjamin Disraeli, Lawyers and Legislators, page 43:

     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.

   • 2015 July 11, Geoff Dyer, “Prim though its traditions may be, Wimbledon is right to defend them. Especially against Nick Kyrgios”, in The Guardian:

     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’)”.

Related terms

• duosyllabic
• monosyllable
• polysyllable