Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having syllables: generally used in compounds: as, a four-syllabled word.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
syllable . - adjective Having a specified number of
syllables .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pronounced in syllables
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Examples
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"The commercial situation on the island is damn bad," he said with great solemnity and an unctuous mouthing of the many-syllabled words.
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Every line bristled with many - syllabled words he did not understand.
Chapter 7 2010
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The sound it made was three syllabled: muzzle against subroof, discharge of compressed air, nail driven into wood—knock-sht-thwack, knock-sht-thwack—and Shawn was finding a rhythm when an explosion of air, a visible white hiss, burst from it as the clamp that fastened the hose to the back of the nail gun between his legs broke.
Freud’s Blind Spot Elisa Albert 2010
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Suddenly, the "particularities of Chinese, its single-syllabled words, its dependence on the shift of tones to find meaning" have been rendered alien to him; and in their place "an older, more primitive tongue" comes "gargling out of his throat".
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Namah Shivaya is called Panchakshari (5 syllable mantra) whilst Aum Namah Shivaya is called Sadakshari (6 syllabled mantra).
Om Namah Shiva !!! « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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He gives examples of those "certain peculiar words/like strengths or squinched"; he describes them as "many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps" which resemble the composition of the blackberry that is a clump of small drupelets.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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He gives examples of those "certain peculiar words/like strengths or squinched"; he describes them as "many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps" which resemble the composition of the blackberry that is a clump of small drupelets.
Great Regulars: The speaker then dramatically and bizarrely Rus Bowden 2009
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When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.
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When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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