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hyperdisyllable|-daɪˈsɪləb(ə)l|
[ad. late Gr. ὑπερδισύλλαβος; see disyllable.]
A word of more than two syllables. Also attrib. or adj. Of more than two syllables.
1678Phillips (ed. 4), Hyperdissyllable. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Hyperdisyllable. 1843T. K. Arnold Latin Prose Comp. ii. 13 Esse in compound infinitives very frequently precedes a hyperdissyllable participle. 1895J. P. Postgate in Class. Rev. IX. 77 Hyperdisyllables at the end of the pentameter are ten times as rare as in the second book [of Tibullus]. |