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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient prosody, a doubtful syllable (
συλλαβη\ ἀδιάφορος ).
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- noun prosody A
syllable of unfixed or undecidedweight .
Etymologies
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Latin: syllaba ("syllable") + anceps ("double-headed”, “uncertain")
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