(of a noun or verb in inflected languages) having inflected forms with different numbers of syllables
Compare parisyllabic
imparisyllabic in American English
(imˌpærəsɪˈlæbɪk)
adjective
(of a noun)
not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis
Word origin
[1720–30; impar + -i- + syllabic]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: berm, catchword, cordon bleu, deadwood, saloon-i- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin,if the second element is of Latin origin. Other words that use the affix -i- include: Frenchify, cuneiform