NONSYLLABIC

Definition of NONSYLLABIC

  1. (adj)not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
  2. (adj)(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable