Trisyllabic

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

  Trisyllabic \Tris`yl*lab"ic\, Trisyllabical \Tris`yl*lab"ic*al\,
     a. [L. trisyllabus, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri-}) + ? a syllable: cf.
     F. trissyllabique.]
     Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three
     syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. --
     {Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly}, adv.


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