monosemousadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈsiːməs/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈsiməs/ Linguistics.
= monosemic adj.2
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monosignative1940
monosignificant1940
monosemantemic1957
monosemantic1960
monosemic1969
monosemous1975
1975 Linguistics 148 31 The paralinguistic factors affect..only the concrete utterance, participating in the formation of the monosemous content of a speech act.
1986 Dictionaries 8 302 It is advisable to discriminate even single translation equivalents of monosemous definienda if these equivalents are polysemous.
1990 Eng. World-wide 242 Pavement is more or less monosemous in Br[itish] E[nglish], meaning ‘hard surface alongside road for pedestrians’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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