1. Of or relating to syllables
   "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable" 
2. Consisting of or using a syllabary
   "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing" 
3. (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities 
4. Consisting of a syllable or syllables 
5. (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
   "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"

See also: decasyllabic, disyllabic, monosyllabic, octosyllabic, pentasyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabary, syllabically, syllabicity, syllable, syllabled

Antonym: accentual, nonsyllabic, quantitative

Encyclopedia: Syllabic

• histrionics
• hit
• hit home
• hit it off
• hit it up
• hit list
• hit on
• hit out
• hit parade
• hit squad
• hit the books
• hit the ceiling
• hit the deck
• hit the dirt
• hit the hay
• hit the jackpot
• hit the roof
• hit the sack
• hit the spot
• hit-and-miss
• hit-and-run
• hit-or-miss
• hitch
• hitch up
• Hitchcock