Meaning of duosyllable | Babel Free

Definitions

A word containing two syllables.

Examples

“To this minute account we might perhaps merely answer with laconic gravity, "Suppose," for on this magic duosyllable does the whole tale of gorgeous fortune and unprecedented gullibility depend.”

“Martin Amis famously saw off the cult of personality in tennis when he defined it as “an exact synonym of a seven-letter duosyllable starting with ‘a’, ending with ‘e’ (and also featuring, in order of appearance, an ‘ss’, an ‘h’, an ‘o’ and ‘l’)”.”

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