disyllable

A word comprising two syllables.

Noun

  1. A word comprising two syllables.
    • He felt as if the play itself penetrated him with the naked elbow of his neighbour, a great stripped, handsome, red-haired lady, who conversed with a gentleman on her other side in stray dissyllables which had for his...

Origin

Etymology tree English di- English syllable English disyllable From di- + syllable.

Forms

disyllables dissyllable

Synonyms

duosyllable

Related

disyllabic

Derived

hyperdisyllable