Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Syllabic \Syl*lab"ic\, Syllabical \Syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
   cf. F. syllabique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic
      accent.

   2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic
      augment. ``The syllabic stage of writing.'' --Earle.

Source : WordNet®

syllabic
     adj 1: of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic
            characters each represent a syllable"
     2: consisting of or using a syllabary or syllabic characters;
        "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic
        writing"
     3: (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather
        than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
        [ant: {accentual}, {quantitative}]
     4: consisting of a syllable or syllables; constituting a
        syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a
        consonant sound not accompanied in the same syllable by a
        vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominating the
        other vowel sounds in a syllable (as being the first vowel
        in a falling diphthong); "the syllabic `l' in `riddle' or
        the syllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
        `bot-n-y'"; "the syllabic `o' in `oi'" [ant: {nonsyllabic}]
     5: of liquids and nasals [syn: {vocalic}] [ant: {consonantal}]