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Definition of Monosyllabic word
1. Noun. A word or utterance of one syllable.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monosyllabic Word
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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