nonsyllabic

[ non-si-lab-ik ]

adjective(of a speech sound)
  1. not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.

Origin of nonsyllabic

1
First recorded in 1905–10; non- + syllabic

Words Nearby nonsyllabic

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