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Definition: IMPARISYLLABIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Imparisyllabic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Imparisyllabic \Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression impar unequal English syllabic: compare to the French expression imparisyllabique.]. (references)

Definition: IMPARISYLLABIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "IMPARISYLLABIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Imparisyllabic \Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression impar unequal English syllabic: compare to the French expression imparisyllabique.]. (references)