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Webster 1913 Edition

Monosyllable

Mon′o-sylˊla-ble

,
Noun.
[L.
monosyllabus
of one syllable, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
monosyllabe
. See
Mono-
,
Syllable
.]
A word of one syllable.

Webster 1828 Edition

Monosyllable

MONOSYL'LABLE

,
Noun.
[Gr. only, and a syllable.]
A word of one syllable.

Definition 2024

monosyllable

monosyllable

English

Noun

monosyllable ‎(plural monosyllables)

  1. A word of one syllable.
  2. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word ****

Related terms

References
  • 1811, Lexicon Balatronicum: Monosyllable, a woman's commodity.

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Etymology

From mono- +‎ syllable.

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