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anisosyllabic

anisosyllabic adjective: of or pertaining to metrical systems in which syllables are of differing lengths.

Adjective

anisosyllabic (not comparable)

  1. of or pertaining to metrical systems in which syllables are of differing lengths

Antonyms of anisosyllabic

Origin of anisosyllabic

From aniso- + syllabic or an- + iso- + syllabic.

Words formed from anisosyllabic

Questions about anisosyllabic

What does anisosyllabic mean?
Anisosyllabic means of or pertaining to metrical systems in which syllables are of differing lengths.
What part of speech is anisosyllabic?
Anisosyllabic is an adjective.

Words near anisosyllabic in the dictionary

  1. anisosmotic
  2. anisospore
  3. anisospores
  4. anisosporous
  5. anisostemonous
  6. anisosyllabic
  7. anisosyllabism
  8. anisothermal
  9. anisotomic
  10. anisotomically
  11. anisotomous

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