A gift for multi-syllabic words is sure to please. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
Eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
syllabic accent. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Space is provided on the disc for the name of the individual in syllabic characters. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Eastern Arctic] Reference
CV-C was called syllabic and final, CV-V was handled by a mark so an analytic feature. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LEPCHA [MORA].] Reference
Change from one-syllabic to multi-syllabic rhymes with a single click and see a wealth of near rhymes appear by simply decreasing the similarity in sound. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
Japanese, which is syllabic, meaning that each symbol represents (or approximates) a syllable, combining to form words. From Wordnik.com. [Lightly Toasted] Reference
"syllabic" implies, is that each character is a syllable, and so there is really no spelling in the language. From Wordnik.com. [Three Boys in the Wild North Land] Reference
"Perhaps it is all hieroglyphic, or syllabic writing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
I'm tired of this mono-syllabic "blah" feeling I've got. From Wordnik.com. [moschikat Diary Entry] Reference
It was a gobbledygook speak, pre-syllabic, and embarrassing. From Wordnik.com. [mitten Diary Entry] Reference
Pluperf. prefixes a second syllabic augment to the reduplication. From Wordnik.com. [Greek in a Nutshell] Reference
The Chinese have no alphabet, but about 20,000 syllabic characters. From Wordnik.com. [Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois] Reference
The rate of syllabic utterance is usually a personal characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
His family name would be extended, a form of syllabic mortifica'tion. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Instances of faulty syllabic accent abound in Handel's works, both his. From Wordnik.com. [Style in Singing] Reference
There are so many names that you invent, that are pure syllabic music. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Silberman's Interview with Robert Hunter from Poetry Flash] Reference
The "Confessio" is written in octo-syllabic couplets, with four accents. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Google is perplexed, so I'm assuming it's Japanese looks syllabic, anyway/. From Wordnik.com. [Language Games] Reference
There's a lot of gobbledygook involved in legal terms, many multi-syllabic terms. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2005] Reference
A tiny bell gives warning of this fact, and the operator finishes the word or syllabic. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
In fact, they often seem only capable of single word, RARELY multi-syllabic utterances. From Wordnik.com. [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference
Any other tinsel town topics you'd like me to take on in 17 syllabic clusters of 5-7-5?. From Wordnik.com. [Susanna Speier: Mad Men Politiku] Reference
Oops, I guess we should to be a little more mono syllabic for these loony tunes bipedals. From Wordnik.com. [Progressives are not Democrats!] Reference
That's bound to happen around three o'clock in the morning, with those multi-syllabic words. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference
She sometimes writes free verse, sometimes in rhyme, often in a demanding syllabic form called cinquain. From Wordnik.com. [We Remember - Adele Margolis, 1909 - 2009] Reference
Barbour's verse is octo-syllabic, forming rhymed couplets; it is the same as Chaucer's in his "Hous of Fame.". From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
An interesting theory, but the real problem with rendering names is the syllabic issue, not one of the formal script itself. From Wordnik.com. [A Response and a Story] Reference
Still, when she deigned to say anything at all, her conversation was confined to mono - syllabic comments of utter despondency. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, who is even better-spoken than that mellifluous, multi-syllabic name suggests, was invited, too. From Wordnik.com. [It���s Barackfest in New York!] Reference
Initial ρ, (which is doubled after the syllabic augment,) βλ, γλ, and γν, do not, except in a few cases, allow the reduplication. From Wordnik.com. [Greek in a Nutshell] Reference
Their communication is also based on the grunt language, replete with many hand signals to convey the more difficult poly-syllabic verbage. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
And Vänskä's insistence on precise enunciation in the finale of the Beethoven led to syllabic, declamatory singing from the BBC Symphony Chorus. From Wordnik.com. [Proms 56 & 57: Minnesota Orchestra/Vänskä] Reference
Very frequently the metrical accent does not coincide with the syllabic accent: the musical accent will fall on an unaccented syllable, or vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [Style in Singing] Reference
Since Greek and Latin prosody was primarily quantitative, that is, based upon syllabic length, and every long syllable was theoretically equal to two short syllables, an iamb or. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
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