unsyllabledadj.
Not formed into, not expressed in, syllables.
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unsyllabled1591
asyllabical1751
asyllabic1827
non-syllabic1864
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1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 69 The heart pressing out the vnsillabled breath at once.
1594 Zepheria xl. sig. F4v If she shall attend what fortunes sequeld The naufrage of my poore afflicted barke, Then tell, but tell in words unsillabled.
1832 W. Motherwell Jeanie Morrison ix When freely gushed all feelings forth, Unsyllabled—unsung.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 175 With gaspings, gesturings, with unsyllabled cries.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xxxiii. 431 She was..trying to put something clearly into syllables that said itself, unsyllabled, to her.
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