Trisyllabic

//ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a word comprising three syllables
Adjective
  1. 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

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"[…] 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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