IMPARISYLLABIC

Etymology

Adjective

imparisyllabic (not comparable)

Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.

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• parisyllabic

Noun

imparisyllabic (plural imparisyllabics)

An imparisyllabic noun.

Source: Wiktionary

Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic, a. Etym: [L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)

Definition: Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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