Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
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