monotonyn.

Brit.

/məˈnɒt(ə)ni/,

/məˈnɒtn̩i/, U.S.

/məˈnɑtn̩i/,

/məˈnɑdəni/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin monotonia; Greek μονοτονία.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin monotonia (4th cent. as a rhetorical term) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek μονοτονία sameness of tone, monotony (recorded as a Greek word only in the classical Latin author Quintilian) < μονότονος monotone adj. + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French monotonie (1671; 1718 in sense ‘excessive uniformity of style’; 1790 in sense ‘lack of variety in life or actions’), Italian monotonia (1647). Compare later monotone n. and adj.In sense 3 after monotone n. 3, monotonic adj. 2, monotonous adj. 3.

1. Sameness of tone or pitch; lack of variety in cadence or inflection; a monotonous sound; = monotone n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound > instance of

monotony1636

monotone1644

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > monotonous

monotony1636

pom-pom1862

oompah1877

tiddly-om-pom-pom1909

oom-pah-pah1936

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > same pitch > note of same pitch > repetition of

monotony1636

monotone1644

repetend1874

1636 C. Butler Princ. Musik i. iii. 42 Which Parte dhowgh it have little Melodi by it self, (as consisting much of monotonies) yet in Harmoni it hath dhe greatest grace.

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Monotony, the having but one Tone.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 19 To avoid a Monotony in Pronunciation, or a dull, set, uniform Tone of Voice.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. i. 21 Our earliest poets..were fond of multiplying the same final sound to the most tedious monotony.

1818 P. B. Shelley Stanzas written in Dejection iv I might..hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.

1831 W. Godwin Thoughts Man 22 A sheepish..schoolboy, that hung his head, and replied with inarticulated monotony.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 19 The soft monotony of running water.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xx. 196 Gradually the rumble of the coach wheels, with its incessant monotony, acted soothingly on her nerves..she fell into a troubled sleep.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. xvii. 79 No voices, no steps, nothing but a towhee in the bush whistling a one-note monotony.

2. Lack of variety or interest; tedious repetition or routine; the quality of being dull, unvarying, lifeless, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound

bummingc1487

drone1568

unison1609

droning1646

monotony1706

bum1790

monody1849

tum-tum1859

thrum1883

thrumming1941

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking variety

monotony1706

uniformity1707

humdrum1727

sameness1743

monotonousness1807

humdrummishness1830

humdrummery1831

flatness1884

humdrumminess1886

sameliness1897

sameyness1977

1706 A. Pope Corr. 22 Oct. (1956) I. 24 I could equally object to the Repetition of the same Rhimes within four or six lines of each other, as tiresome to the Ear thro' their Monotony.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric xiii. 261 Monotony is the great fault into which writers are apt to fall, who are fond of harmonious arrangement.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 15 At sea, every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse, attracts attention.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 131 A tower—the only object which broke the monotony of the waste.

1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 361 It is the long monotony of dangerless days that tries the spirit hardest.

1908 E. F. Benson Climber 141 For a year or two I lived there..without seeing anything that broke the endless grey monotony of my days.

1965 L. MacNeice Varieties of Parable iii. 67 For a ballad it is exceptionally long but the verse is sufficiently varied to save it from monotony.

1985 J. Berman Talking Cure iv. 103 Psychiatrist and patient..seek ways to transcend the monotony of everyday existence.

3. Mathematics and Science. = monotonicity n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [noun] > expression > function > value or set of values of > property of

monodromy1897

monotony1902

monotoneity1926

monotonicity1934

minorant1938

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 549/2 The property of monotony within partial intervals is retained.

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 33 257 This proves the continuity, and therefore also the monotony of the function constituted by the cosine-ratio OM/OA, as M moves towards O.

1928 R. C. Young tr. K. Knopp Theory & Applic. Infinite Series viii. 263 A (positive) sequence a₀, a₁, a₂,..is said to have p-fold monotony if its first, second,..,p^th differences Δ^ka_n, (k, n = 0, 1, 2,..) are positive.

1979 Celestial Mech. 19 143 We used the property of monotony and continuity of the total energy function.

1997 Jrnl. Logic Computation 7 606 Lehman and Magidor..have also studied the effects of adding to the preferential postulates a further rule..called rational monotony.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monotony
释义	monotonyn. Brit. /məˈnɒt(ə)ni/, /məˈnɒtn̩i/, U.S. /məˈnɑtn̩i/, /məˈnɑdəni/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin monotonia; Greek μονοτονία. Etymology: < post-classical Latin monotonia (4th cent. as a rhetorical term) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek μονοτονία sameness of tone, monotony (recorded as a Greek word only in the classical Latin author Quintilian) < μονότονος monotone adj. + -ία -y suffix³. Compare French monotonie (1671; 1718 in sense ‘excessive uniformity of style’; 1790 in sense ‘lack of variety in life or actions’), Italian monotonia (1647). Compare later monotone n. and adj.In sense 3 after monotone n. 3, monotonic adj. 2, monotonous adj. 3. 1. Sameness of tone or pitch; lack of variety in cadence or inflection; a monotonous sound; = monotone n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound > instance of monotony1636 monotone1644 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > monotonous monotony1636 pom-pom1862 oompah1877 tiddly-om-pom-pom1909 oom-pah-pah1936 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > same pitch > note of same pitch > repetition of monotony1636 monotone1644 repetend1874 1636 C. Butler Princ. Musik i. iii. 42 Which Parte dhowgh it have little Melodi by it self, (as consisting much of monotonies) yet in Harmoni it hath dhe greatest grace. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Monotony, the having but one Tone. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 19 To avoid a Monotony in Pronunciation, or a dull, set, uniform Tone of Voice. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. i. 21 Our earliest poets..were fond of multiplying the same final sound to the most tedious monotony. 1818 P. B. Shelley Stanzas written in Dejection iv I might..hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony. 1831 W. Godwin Thoughts Man 22 A sheepish..schoolboy, that hung his head, and replied with inarticulated monotony. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 19 The soft monotony of running water. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xx. 196 Gradually the rumble of the coach wheels, with its incessant monotony, acted soothingly on her nerves..she fell into a troubled sleep. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. xvii. 79 No voices, no steps, nothing but a towhee in the bush whistling a one-note monotony. 2. Lack of variety or interest; tedious repetition or routine; the quality of being dull, unvarying, lifeless, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound bummingc1487 drone1568 unison1609 droning1646 monotony1706 bum1790 monody1849 tum-tum1859 thrum1883 thrumming1941 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > lacking variety monotony1706 uniformity1707 humdrum1727 sameness1743 monotonousness1807 humdrummishness1830 humdrummery1831 flatness1884 humdrumminess1886 sameliness1897 sameyness1977 1706 A. Pope Corr. 22 Oct. (1956) I. 24 I could equally object to the Repetition of the same Rhimes within four or six lines of each other, as tiresome to the Ear thro' their Monotony. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric xiii. 261 Monotony is the great fault into which writers are apt to fall, who are fond of harmonious arrangement. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 15 At sea, every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse, attracts attention. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 131 A tower—the only object which broke the monotony of the waste. 1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 361 It is the long monotony of dangerless days that tries the spirit hardest. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 141 For a year or two I lived there..without seeing anything that broke the endless grey monotony of my days. 1965 L. MacNeice Varieties of Parable iii. 67 For a ballad it is exceptionally long but the verse is sufficiently varied to save it from monotony. 1985 J. Berman Talking Cure iv. 103 Psychiatrist and patient..seek ways to transcend the monotony of everyday existence. 3. Mathematics and Science. = monotonicity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > algebra > [noun] > expression > function > value or set of values of > property of monodromy1897 monotony1902 monotoneity1926 monotonicity1934 minorant1938 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 549/2 The property of monotony within partial intervals is retained. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 33 257 This proves the continuity, and therefore also the monotony of the function constituted by the cosine-ratio OM/OA, as M moves towards O. 1928 R. C. Young tr. K. Knopp Theory & Applic. Infinite Series viii. 263 A (positive) sequence a₀, a₁, a₂,..is said to have p-fold monotony if its first, second,..,p^th differences Δ^ka_n, (k, n = 0, 1, 2,..) are positive. 1979 Celestial Mech. 19 143 We used the property of monotony and continuity of the total energy function. 1997 Jrnl. Logic Computation 7 606 Lehman and Magidor..have also studied the effects of adding to the preferential postulates a further rule..called rational monotony. 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