Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)syllabicof or relating to syllables“syllabic accent”,
“syllabic characters each represent a syllable” (a)syllabicconsisting of or using a syllabary“eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing” (a)syllabic(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities (a)syllabicconsisting of a syllable or syllables (a)syllabic(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable“the syllabic `nl' in `riddle'”