SYLLABIC

• (adj.) (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable

  "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"

• (adj.) consisting of a syllable or syllables

• (adj.) (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

• (adj.) consisting of or using a syllabary

  "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"

• (adj.) of or relating to syllables

  "syllabic accent", "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"

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