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syˈllabical, a. Now rare or Obs.
Also 6–7 sill-.
[f. mod.L. syllabicus: see -ical.]
1. = prec. A. 1 b.
1530Palsgr. 83 Verbes actives parsonals have..addynge of sillabical adjections. 1602[J. Willis] Art Stenogr. D 5, Syllabicall adiections vsed in the Latine tongue. 1671Phillips (ed. 3), Syllabical Augment, is an augmentation which is made in Greek verbs, by prefixing ἐ (and thereby adding one syllable).
2. = prec. A. 3.
1606S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 117 Orators, and Poets.., the quintessence of whose wittes, are nothing else but waues of wast words, a streame of sillabical slight inuention.
3. = prec. A. 1.
1620W. Colson Fr. Gram. 15 Contraction or distraction litterall or syllabicall. 1641‘Smectymnuus’ Vind. Answ. §i. 4 If we were called to give an account of this Syllabicall Errour before a Deske of Grammarians. 1774J. Burnet (Ld. Monboddo) Orig. & Progr. Lang. II. 299 We have..accents in English, and syllabical accents too: but they are of a quite different kind from the antient accents. 1775Tyrwhitt Cant. Tales Chaucer IV. Essay 88 In order..to form any judgement of the Versification of Chaucer, it is necessary that we should know the syllabical value (if I may use the expression) of his words, and the accentual value of his syllables.
†4. Considered in relation to every syllable or detail: cf. next, 2. Obs.
1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. iii. (1739) 6, I must allow it to pass for current for the substance, not justifying the syllabical writing thereof.
5. = prec. A. 2 b.
1708Calamy Life vi. (1829) II. 98 The speech was syllabical, and there was a distinct heave and breathe between each syllable. |