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sesquisyllable

noun

Etymology

From sesqui- (“one-and-a-half”) + syllable.

  1. derived from συλλαβή
  2. derived from syllaba
  3. derived from sillebe
  4. derived from sillable
  5. inherited from syllable
  6. formed as sesquisyllable — “sesqui- + syllable”

Definitions

  1. A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed…

    A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed “major” syllable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sesquisyllable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA