disyllables

One sort is the shift from iambic to trochaic in disyllables of French origin i identify it with the word "adult" where i first noticed it.

languagehat.com: CLITICS. 2004

In his later poetry Ovid shows a steadily increasing willingness to allow his pentameters to end with words other than disyllables.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

It was this: Words formed from Greek disyllables in ~os~, whether the penultimate vowel be long or short, are monosyllables made long by

Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852