Trisyllabic
//ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a word comprising three syllables
Adjective
- 1 having three syllables not-comparable
"[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?"
Example
More examples"[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?"
Etymology
From tri- + syllabic.
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