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Forming or constituting a syllable. syllabic augment n. see augment, n. 2.
Chiefly Phonetics. Syllabic; capable of forming a syllable, or of constituting the essential element of a syllable.
Syllabic; that is or contains a syllabic consonant. Cf. sonant, adj. 2b.