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Meaning of DISSYLLABIC

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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