Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-SYL'LA-BLE
DIS-SYL'LA-BLE, n. [Gr. δισσυλλαβος; δις, two or twice, and συλλαβος, a syllable.]
A word consisting of two syllables only; as, paper, whiteness, virtue.
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DIS-SYL'LA-BLE, n. [Gr. δισσυλλαβος; δις, two or twice, and συλλαβος, a syllable.]
A word consisting of two syllables only; as, paper, whiteness, virtue.
Return to page 157 of the letter “D”.