MONOSYLLABIC


Meaning of MONOSYLLABIC in English

adjective Etymology: probably from French monosyllabique, from monosyllabe Date: 1766 consisting of one syllable or of monosyllables, using or speaking only monosyllables, conspicuously brief in answering or commenting ; terse , ~ally adverb ~ity noun

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