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单词 monosignificant
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monosignificantadj.

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sᵻɡˈnɪfᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˌsɪɡˈnɪfᵻk(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, significant adj.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + significant adj., after monosign n. Compare monosignificance n.Quot. 1940 is from a letter referring to the article from which quot. 1940 at monosign n. is taken.
Chiefly Literary Theory. Now rare.
Of a word, etc.: used with only one meaning at a time.
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monosignative1940
monosignificant1940
monosemantemic1957
monosemantic1960
monosemic1969
monosemous1975
1940 J. Miles in Kenyon Rev. 2 504 If..words are not statically and isolatedly monosignificant in the prose of science and instruction, what better sense can be made of..the realm of poetry—connotation—plurisignification.
1947 H. Jacob Planned Auxiliary Lang. 20 A high degree of precision..can be attained by assigning to each element one invariable meaning, i.e., each element is monosignificant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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