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meritorious

How many syllables in meritorious?

  5 syllables

Divide meritorious into syllables:   mer-i-to-ri-ous
Primary syllable stress:   mer-i-to-ri-ous
Secondary syllable stress:   mer-i-to-ri-ous
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