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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSYLLABIC

a.Consisting of two syllables only; as a dissyllabic foot in poetry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISSYLLABIC

Dis `syl *lab "ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.]

 

Defn: Consisting of two syllabas, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B. Jons