hyperdisyllable
(-daɪˈsɪləb(ə)l)
[ad. late Gr. ὑπερδισύλλαβος; see disyllable.]
A word of more than two syllables. Also attrib. or adj. Of more than two syllables.
| 1678 Phillips (ed. 4), Hyperdissyllable. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn., Hyperdisyllable. 1843 T. K. Arnold Latin Prose Comp. ii. 13 Esse in compound infinitives very frequently precedes a hyperdissyllable participle. 1895 J. P. Postgate in Class. Rev. IX. 77 Hyperdisyllables at the end of the pentameter are ten times as rare as in the second book [of Tibullus]. |