Imparisyllabic

//ɪmˌpæɹɪsɪˈlæbɪk// adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An imparisyllabic noun.

    "An adjectival type corresponding phonetically to the masculine third declension imparisyllabics is represented by some O.F. survivals of Latin comparative forms"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis. not-comparable

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"An adjectival type corresponding phonetically to the masculine third declension imparisyllabics is represented by some O.F. survivals of Latin comparative forms"

Etymology

From Latin impar (“unequal”) + syllabic.

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