SYLLABICATION

syllabication, syllabification

(noun) forming or dividing words into syllables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

syllabication (countable and uncountable, plural syllabications)

The act of syllabifying; syllabification.

Source: Wiktionary


Syl*lab`i*ca"tion, n.

Definition: The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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