Syllabism
Pronunciation : Syl"la*bism
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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