Tris`yl*lab"ic (?), 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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