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‖ monoˈsyllabon Obs.
Pl. -syllaba.
[L. monosyllabon, a. Gr. µονοσύλλαβον, neuter of µονοσύλλαβος adj., f. µόνο-ς mono- + συλλαβ-ή syllable.]
A monosyllable.
1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. (Arb.) 77 That Grammer grudge not at our English tong, Bycause it stands by Monosyllaba, And cannot be declined as others are. 1580G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. 55 You shal as well..heare fayer as faire,..wyth an infinyte companye of the same sort: sometime Monosyllaba, sometime Polysyllaba. 1608Middleton Fam. Love v. iii, I will onely in Monosillaba aunswere for my selfe. 1672H. More Brief Reply 102 It was a great oversight..to leave out that Monosyllabon which was of such principal signification in the sentence. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 299 No Laconick Monosyllabon. |