Meanings of dissyllabic in English

For lack of monosyllabic English words the verbs and movements were dissyllabic words.

The very numerous double (dissyllabic) rhymes of the Norwegian are not easy to render in English.

The wrenching of accent for metrical purposes, moreover, is not confined to the dissyllabic words which show the simple recession of accent.

The ball swung on and on, and Madelon, up in the musicians' gallery, sang the old country-dances in the curious dissyllabic fashion termed lilting.