syllabicaladj.
Now rare or Obsolete.† 4. Considered in relation to every syllable or detail: cf. syllabically adv. 2. Obsolete.
1. = syllabic adj. 1b.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > forming or constituting
syllabical1530
syllabic1728
sonant1862
sonantal1888
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 83 Verbes actives parsonals have..addynge of sillabical adjections.
1602 J. Willis Art Stenogr. sig. D5 Syllabicall adiections vsed in the Latine tongue.
1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Syllabical Augment, is an augmentation which is made in Greek verbs, by prefixing ἐ (and thereby adding one syllable).
2. = syllabic adj. 3.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of
syllabical1606
syllabic1850
1606 S. 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. = syllabic adj. 1a.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable
syllabical1620
syllabic1755
1620 W. Colson French Gram. 15 Contraction or distraction litterall or syllabicall.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. § i. 4 If we were called to give an account of this Syllabicall Errour before a Deske of Grammarians.
1774 J. Burnet Orig. & Progress Lang. II. 299 We have..accents in English, and syllabical accents too: but they are of a quite different kind from the antient accents.
1775 T. Tyrwhitt Ess. Lang. Chaucer in Canterbury Tales of Chaucer IV. 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.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > detailed
specialc1449
particular1548
punctual1611
strict1645
syllabical1647
circumstantiate1649
circumstantiated1654
detaileda1779
intimate1817
inventorial1830
particularized1860
fine-grained1894
pinpoint1960
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 9 I must allow it to passe for currant for the substance, not justifying the syllabicall writing thereof.
5. = syllabic adj. 2b.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > uttered in
syllabicala1732
syllabled1843
syllabic1890
a1732 E. Calamy Life (1829) II. vi. 98 The speech was syllabical, and there was a distinct heave and breathe between each syllable.
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