Monosyllabic Definition

mŏnə-sĭ-lăbĭk
adjective
Having only one syllable.
A monosyllabic word.
Webster's New World
Consisting of monosyllables.
Webster's New World
Using, or speaking in, monosyllables, often so as to seem terse or uncommunicative.
Webster's New World
noun

A word consisting of one syllable.

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Other Word Forms of Monosyllabic

Noun

Singular:
monosyllabic
Plural:
monosyllabics

Origin of Monosyllabic

  • From Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosullabos).

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Monosyllabic Sentence Examples

  • The words are mostly monosyllabic, making it easy to understand during a noisy game.

  • Originally Siamese was purely monosyllabic, that is, each true word consisted of a single vowel sound preceded by, or followed by, a consonant.

  • The language now consists of about 15,000 words, of which compounds of two monosyllabic words and appropriations from foreign sources form a very large part.

  • Peter Dinklage's performance is particularly good, particularly since his dialog is almost monosyllabic for much of the film.

  • Certainly, in media interviews the normally voluble economics graduate was virtually monosyllabic, his face resembling an Easter Island statue.

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