sillabication

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A form of syllabication — The act of syllabifying; syllabification.

First used 17th centuryScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounsillabication (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of syllabication.First known use 17th century

    I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.

    1631, James Mabbe, translating Fernando de Rojas’s 1499 The Spanish Bawd, represented in Celestina: or, The Tragicke-comedy of Calisto and Melibea, chapter 18, page 180
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APA

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“sillabication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillabication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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