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Definition of Sylabic
{ Syl*lab"ic (?), Syl*lab"ic*al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. syllabique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables;
as, syllabic accent.
2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as,
a syllabic augment. "The syllabic stage of
writing." Earle.
{ Syl*lab"ic (?), Syl*lab"ic*al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. syllabique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables;
as, syllabic accent.
2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as,
a syllabic augment. "The syllabic stage of
writing." Earle.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of, relating to, or consisting of of a syllable or syllables.
- Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
- Linguistics. Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).
- Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
- Linguistics. A syllabic sound
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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