4 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERISSOSYLLABIC»
Discover the use of
perissosyllabic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
perissosyllabic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
Perissosyllabic, perisosilab′ik, adj. having superfluous syllables. Peristalith,
peris′talith,n.aseriesofstandingstones surrounding a barroworburialmound. [Gr.
peri,around, histanai, tostand, lithos,astone.] Peristaltic, peristalt′ik, adj. noting
the ...
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A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
In Ancient Greek, a word bearing a circumflex accent on the last syllable.
perissosyllabic /pərısəsı'læbık/ adj. Of a metrical foot in a line of verse, having
one or more syllables beyond the number required for scansion. perseveration ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Gr periisologia, from perissos excessive, and logos speech] perissosyllabic ptr-is
-d-sil-ah'ik. adj having an additional syllable. [Gr perissosyllabos. from perissos
excessive, and syllabi syllable] peristalith pjr-is'tj-liih. n a stone circle. (Irregularly
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Modifiers: a unique, compendious collection of more than ...
... xiphioid. sycophant, gnathonic. syllable, acatalectic; (two ~s) disyllabic; (three ~
s) trisyllabic; (four ~s) quadrasyllabic; (five ~s) pentasyllabic; (excess ~s)
perissosyllabic. symbiote, endobiotic. symbol, allusive; aniconic; semi- otic.
symmetry, ...
