Imparisyllabic

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

  Imparisyllabic \Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic\, a. [L. impar unequal + E.
     syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)
     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.
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