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syllabled

syllabled is the simple past and past participle of syllable.

Meaning of syllable

Verb

syllable (third-person singular simple present syllables, present participle syllabling, simple past and past participle syllabled)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To utter in syllables.
    • [A] thouſand fantaſies
      Begin to throng into my memorie
      Of calling ſhapes, and beckning ſhadows dire,
      And ayrie tongues, that ſyllable mens names
      On Sands, and Shoars, and deſert Wilderneſſes.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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Adjective

syllabled (not comparable)

  1. Having a specified number of syllables.
    • ten-syllabled poetic couplets

Words formed from syllabled

Questions about syllabled

What does syllabled mean?
Syllabled means having a specified number of syllables.
What is syllabled the simple past and past participle of?
Syllabled is the simple past and past participle of syllable.
What part of speech is syllabled?
Syllabled is an adjective.

Words near syllabled in the dictionary

  1. syllable
  2. syllable timing
  3. syllable weight
  4. syllable weights
  5. syllable-timed
  6. syllabled
  7. syllables
  8. syllabling
  9. syllabogram
  10. syllabograms
  11. syllabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabled (page history and authors); syllable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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