Definition of Monosyllabic word

1. Noun. A word or utterance of one syllable.

Exact synonyms: Monosyllable
Generic synonyms: Word
Derivative terms: Monosyllabic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monosyllabic Word

monostrophe
monostrophic
monosubstituted
monosubstitution
monosuit
monosuits
monosulcate
monosulfide
monosulfides
monosulphide
monosulphides
monosulphuret
monosulphurets
monosy
monosyllabic
monosyllabic word (current term)
monosyllabical
monosyllabically
monosyllabicity
monosyllabics
monosyllabism
monosyllabisms
monosyllable
monosyllabled
monosyllables
monosymmetrical
monosymptomatic
monosynaptic
monosynaptically
monosyphilide

Literary usage of Monosyllabic word

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare: With an Essay Toward the by Richard Grant White (1866)
"... filled by a syllable, frequently a monosyllabic word, which cannot be accented. " The king's majesty Commends his good opinion of you to you, ..."

2. Giryama Vocabulary and Collections by William Ernest Taylor (1891)
"The way in which an "enclitic" monosyllabic word throws back its accent on the preceding word. thus bringing forward the accent of the latter if it is a ..."

3. A Grammar of the Hebrew Language by George Bush (1839)
"by which a monosyllabic word, or at least a word with the tone on the first syllable, ... Again, a monosyllabic word is easily attached to a preceding one, ..."

4. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1845)
"And in this respect the caesura after the first arsis is particularly deserving of notice, as giving great emphasis to a monosyllabic word. ..."

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