Dissyllabic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissyllabic \Dis`syl*lab"ic\ (d[i^]s`s[i^]l*l[a^]b"[i^]k), a.
     [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See {Dissylable}.]
     Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in
     poetry. --B. Jonson.
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