Definition of "disyllabic" [disyllabic]

• Comprising two syllables. (adjective)
• A word consisting of two syllables (noun)

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• "If all are disyllabic or trisyllabic, then there will be either 102 or 153 syllables."
• "So a disyllabic wordform in Mid IE MIE of the shape *CVC.CV- should have preserved its final schwa because if it had disappeared, it might create problems with the distribution of the consonants in the remaining syllables1."
• "However, although his actual name isn't Miltonic or especially literary, it is indeed trisyllabic with a disyllabic nickname, and Latinate, and has at least a sort of Early Modern connection."