imparisyllabic

imparisyllabic
/im par'euh si lab"ik/, adj.
(of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
[1720-30; IMPAR + -I- + SYLLABIC]

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