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monosyllabic, a.|ˌmɒnəʊsɪˈlæbɪk|
[ad. med.L. monosyllabic-us (R. Bacon 1271), f. late L. monosyllab-us = Gr. µονοσύλλαβος: see monosyllabon. Cf. F. monosyllabique (1752 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Of a word: Consisting of one syllable.
1828–32Webster, Monosyllabic, i. Consisting of one syllable; as, a monosyllabic word. 1845Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. I. 151/1 A short monosyllabic preposition. 1906Athenæum 12 May 575/1 Monosyllabic roots.
2. Consisting of monosyllables or of a monosyllable. (Cf. monosyllable n. c.)
1828–32Webster, Monosyllabic,..2. Consisting of words of one syllable; as, a monosyllabic verse. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xvi, The same gentleman..again made a monosyllabic demonstration, by growling out ‘Resign!’ 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt Introd., Throwing out a monosyllabic hint to his cattle. 1872Atkinson tr. Ganot's Nat. Philos. §161 A person speaking with a loud voice in front of a reflecting surface at the distance of 112·5 feet can only distinguish the last reflected syllable: such an echo is said to be monosyllabic. 1877Dowden Shaks. Prim. iv. 41 The appearance in Shakespere's verse of weak monosyllabic endings. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 367 The speech is often monosyllabic, a whispered monotone.
b. Philol. Used as the distinctive epithet of those languages (e.g. Chinese) which have a vocabulary wholly composed of monosyllables.
1824Crit. Res. in Philol. & Geol. 172 The Chinese, and other monosyllabic tongues. 1875Whitney Life Lang. xii. 239 If we met with monosyllabic tongues in different parts of the earth, we should have no right to infer their connection.
3. Of a person: Uttering only monosyllables.
1870Disraeli Lothair viii, Lothair was somewhat monosyllabic and absent. 1892Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve i. viii, Mr. Ancrum..had been cheered a little during his last days at Clough End by the appearance of David, very red and monosyllabic, on his doorstep. |