ambisyllabic
adjective
am·bi·syl·lab·ic
Definition of ambisyllabic
of a sound or cluster of sounds
: partly in the first and partly in the second or not assignable to one only of two consecutive syllables the n in cynic is ambisyllabic
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Origin and Etymology of ambisyllabic
ambi- + -syllabic
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