MONOTONOUS


Meaning of MONOTONOUS in English

adj.

Pronunciation: m ə - ' nä-t ə -n ə s, - ' nät-n ə s

Function: adjective

Etymology: Greek monotonos, from mon- + tonos tone

Date: 1776

1 : uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity

2 : tediously uniform or unvarying

– mo · not · o · nous · ly adverb

– mo · not · o · nous · ness noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.