Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PAR-A-SYL-LAB'IC
IM-PAR'AL-LEL-EDIM-PAR'DON-A-BLE
IM-PAR-A-SYL-LAB'IC, a. [L. in, par, and syllaba.]
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables. An imparasyllabic noun is one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis. Bryant.
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