rising diphthong
noun
: a diphthong in which the second element is more sonorous than the first (such as \\wi\\ in \\ˈkwit\\ quit)
Word History
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
- by air
- by all accounts
- by all appearances
- by all means
- by all odds
- by all outward appearances
- by all reports
- by all rights
- by ambulance
- by and large
- by any means necessary
- by any stretch of the imagination
- by any/no stretch of the imagination
- by appointment
- by blood
- by car
- by chance
- by choice
- by common consent
- by comparison
- by contract
- by contraries
- by contrast
- by day
- by decree