Disyllabic (adj)
dai-sil-ab-ik
Consisting of two syllables. Or (as in bird song or a siren) created by two distinct notes.
Mid 17th century from French dissyllabique, via Latin from Greek disullabos ‘of two syllables’.
Example sentences
“The disyllabic sirens disappeared into the night.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
