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Definition of Monosyllable
1. Noun. A word or utterance of one syllable.
Definition of Monosyllable
1. n. A word of one syllable.
Definition of Monosyllable
1. Noun. A word of one syllable. ¹
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Definition of Monosyllable
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monosyllable
Literary usage of Monosyllable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hiatus in Greek Melic Poetry by Edward Bull Clapp (1904)
"... 0 times (3 trisyllabic monosyllable 34 times y monosyllabic ... monosyllable
monosyllable 2 times 6 four monosyllables 0 times Evidences of iambic ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1808)
"The Soot of monosyllable!; or an Introduction to the Child's Monitor ; adapted
to the Capacities of young Children ; in two Parts i calculated to instruct ..."
3. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"lays a metrical accent on an unemphatic syllable short in quantity, placing after
it an emphatic monosyllable, long in quantity, without the metrical accent ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"834, Mi It is sometimes requisite that it should be proa, м а monosyllable. ...
monosyllable ..."
5. A System of English Versification: Containing Rules for the Structure of the by Erastus Everett (1848)
"... into a monosyllable. The elision of a consonant in order to change a ...
into a monosyllable, is frequently employed. The following examples will ..."
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