dissyllable

[ dih-sil-uh-buh l, dis-sil-, dahy-sil- ]

/ dɪˈsɪl ə bəl, dɪsˈsɪl-, ˈdaɪ sɪl- /

OTHER WORDS FROM dissyllable

dis·syl·lab·ic

[dis-i-lab-ik, dis-si-, dahy-si-] /ˌdɪs ɪˈlæb ɪk, ˌdɪs sɪ-, ˌdaɪ sɪ-/, adjective

The second syllable in after is rapidly pronounced, and thridde is a dissyllable.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales |Geoffrey Chaucer
The lines are happy in inspiration and finished in form, having only one possible defect, the use of "heralding" as a dissyllable.

Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 |Howard Phillips Lovecraft
In the first and fourth scenes the word “virtuous” was used as a dissyllable; in the third it was used as a trisyllable.

A Study of Shakespeare |Algernon Charles Swinburne
Dissyllable nouns in er, as cnker, btter, have the accent on the former syllable.

A Grammar of the English Tongue |Samuel Johnson

But it also occurs as a dissyllable, in which case the line is normal.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer

dissyllable

/ (dɪˈsɪləbəl, ˈdɪsˌsɪl-, ˈdaɪsɪl-) /

grammar a word of two syllables

dissyllabic (ˌdɪsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌdɪssɪ-, ˌdaɪ-) or disyllabic (ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪk, ˌdɪ-), adjective