Crossword-Solution: TRISYLLABIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Trisyllabic | a. | Alt. of Trisyllabical |
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| Like gangbusters | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
INVDEI
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with TRISYLLABIC (5)
Some of the lines appear to be anapestic (made up of trisyllabic feet, with the last syllable accented); but the rhythm of these is amphibrachic; that is, the rhythmic pause is after the syllable that follows the accent.
The barred face and long kingfisher-like beak give it a peculiarly knowing or cunning look, and the effect is heightened by the long trisyllabic call constantly uttered by the bird, from which it derives its name of Bien-te-veo, which means I-can-see-you.
And far away at the other end, startling in its suddenness and impetuosity, was a trisyllabic crow, so brief, piercing, and emphatic, that it could only have proceeded from that peppery uppish little bird, the bantam.
The trisyllabic ending, which is all but unknown to Ovid, occurs continually in Catullus; even the monosyllabic, which is altogether avoided by succeeding poets, occurs once.
His trisyllabic interspersions--the leap in the vein that makes iambic verse alive and passionate--are as happy as they can be, and the relapse into the uniform dissyllabic gives just the right contrast.