Crossword-Solution: DISYLLABLE
We have 3 clues for the answer “DISYLLABLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| disyllable | 1 answer |
| metrical foot of two syllables | 3 answers |
| metrical foot | 12 answers |
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Kind of apple
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DISYLLABLE (4)
The narrower range of cadence allowed by the rule which makes every couplet regularly end in a disyllable, involves a monotony which only Ovid's immense dexterity enabled him to overcome.
The secret is, to draw out _et_ into a disyllable, et-te, as the Italians do, who pronounce Latin verse, if possible, worse than we, adding a syllable to such as end with a consonant.
The first and second, and again the fourth and fifth, feet may be either disyllabic or trisyllabic: but (_a_) two trisyllables may not follow one another in the first two feet, and (_b_) if the fifth foot (usually trisyllabic) is a disyllable the fourth must be trisyllabic.
Hence, the figure of the extended arm gives this disyllable, _tlama_, which was sufficient to recall the name of the town.