ambisyllabic
adjective
am·bi·syl·lab·ic
of a sound or cluster of sounds
: partly in the first and partly in the second or not assignable to one only of two consecutive syllables
the n in cynic is ambisyllabic
Word History
Etymology
ambi- + -syllabic
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
- strelitziaceaes
- strelitziae
- strelitzias
- stremmatograph
- strenes
- strengite
- strength
- strength deck
- strength in numbers
- strength of field
- strength of purpose
- strength of will
- strength training
- strengthen
- strengthened
- strengthener
- strengtheners
- strengthening
- strengthening card
- strengthens
- strengthful
- strengthless
- strengthlessly
- strengthlessness
- strengths