Syllabic Definition

sĭ-lăbĭk
adjective
Of a syllable or syllables.
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Forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.
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Pronounced with the syllables distinct.
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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&STRESS;l), the two syllabic sounds are the (ĭ) and the (l).
American Heritage
Designating or of a form of verse whose structure is based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on rhythm, stress, or quantity.
Webster's New World
noun
A syllabic sound.
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Syllabic verse.
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Other Word Forms of Syllabic

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syllabic
Plural:
syllabics

Origin of Syllabic

  • Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Ancient Greek συλλαβικός (syllabikós), from συλλαβή (syllabÄ“, “syllable").

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin syllabicus from Greek sullabikos from sullabē syllable syllable

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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