am·bi·syl·lab·ic \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\adjective Etymology:ambi- + -syllabic 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 >