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syl·lab·ic

-l

k) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
2. Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
Linguistics Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rdl), the two syllabic sounds are the (i) and the (l).
Of or being a form of verse based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

NOUN:
Linguistics

A syllabic sound.

ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullab, syllable ; see syllable

OTHER FORMS:
syl·labi·cal·ly(Adverb)

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