of or relating to syllables; syllabic accent; syllabic characters each represent a syllable'

consisting of or using a syllabary; eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing'

(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

consisting of a syllable or syllables

(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle''