Webster's Dictionary 1913

12907

Sycophantic

{ Syc′o‐phan″tic (?), Syc′o‐phan″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adula...

12908

Sycophantish

Syc″o‐phant′ish (?), a. Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. — Syc″o‐phant′ish‐ly, adv.Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.

12909

Sycophantism

Syc″o‐phant‐ism (?), n. Sycophancy.

12910

Sycophantize

Syc″o‐phant‐ize (?), v. i. To play the sycophant.

12911

Sycophantry

Syc″o‐phant‐ry (?), n. Sycophancy.

12912

Sycosis

‖Sy‐co″sis (?), n.(Med.) A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

12913

Syderolite

Syd″er‐o‐lite (?), n. A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

12914

Sye

Sye (?), obs.imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer.

12915

Syenite

Sy″e‐nite (?), n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene, Gr. �.] (Min.) (a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egyp...

12916

Syenitic

Sy′e‐nit″ic (?), a. [Written also sienitic.] 1. Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.

12917

Syke

Syke (?), n. & v. See Sike. Chaucer.

12918

Syker

Syk″er (?), a. & adv. See Sicker.

12919

Syle

Syle (?), n. [See Sile a young herring.] (Zoöl.) A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.]But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle,And when they're grown, ...

12920

Syllabarium

‖Syl′la‐ba″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.Syllabaria (#). A syllabary.

12921

Syllabary

Syl″la‐ba‐ry (?), n. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of lette...

12922

Syllabe

Syl″labe (?), n. Syllable. B. Jonson.

12923

Syllabic

{ Syl‐lab″ic (?), Syl‐lab″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F. syllabique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.2. Consisting of a syllable or syllable...

12924

Syllabically

Syl‐lab″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a syllabic manner.

12925

Syllabicate

Syl‐lab″i‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Syllabicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Syllabicating.] To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

12926

Syllabication

Syl‐lab′i‐ca″tion (?), n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.

12927

Syllabification

Syl‐lab′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [See Syllabify.] Same as Syllabication. Rush.Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. H. Sweet.

12928

Syllabify

Syl‐lab″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Syllabified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Syllabifying (?).] [L. syllaba syllable + -fy.] To form or divide into syllables.

12929

Syllabism

Syl″la‐bism (?), n. The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

12930

Syllabist

Syl″la‐bist (?), n. One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.

12931

Syllabize

Syl″la‐bize (?), v. t. To syllabify. Howell.

12932

Syllable

Syl″la‐ble (?), n. [OE. sillable, OF. sillabe, F. syllabe, L. syllaba, Gr. � that which is held together, several letters taken together so as to form one sound, a syllable, fr....

12933

Syllable (2)

Syl″la‐ble, v. t. To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. Milton.