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"the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'" "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'"adjectivenot 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)
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"initial `l' in `little' is nonsyllabic"(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllableOpposite:
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