syllab
English
Etymology
From Old French sillabe (“syllable”).
Noun
syllab (plural syllabs)
- (obsolete) A syllable.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- “God forgive you, Mr. Hatchway,” said the landlord, interrupting him; “as I'm an honest man, and a housekeeper, I never heard a syllab of the matter.”