Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Astringency

👉 In linguistics, "astringency" is a complex concept that refers to the quality of a word or phrase in terms of its length and complexity. It can be defined as the number of syllables in a word or phrase. A stringy word has fewer syllables but more words than a simple word. For example, "apple," "blue," and "cat" all have 4 syllables each, while "cat" is not considered a stringy word because it has only

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