monosyllabicityn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪləˈbɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˌsɪləˈbɪsᵻdi/ Chiefly Linguistics.
The property or fact of being monosyllabic; = monosyllabism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number > word of one syllable > state or character of
monosyllabicity1947
monosyllabication1956
1947 Far Eastern Q. 6 385 Annamese and Lao resemble each other in the basic traits of tonality.., monosyllabicity.., and isolating structure.
1957 Archivum Linguisticum 9 73 Grappin might have mentioned..the monosyllabicity of bóbr.
1968 Language 44 131 The simultaneous trend toward polysyllabic creations in pseudo-scientific language and monosyllabicity (the mods, the frug).
1991 Internat. Jrnl. Lexicogr. 4 80 Another factor contributing to the alleged monosyllabicity of Sinitic languages is that they have customarily been written without any punctuation whatsoever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1947- full-suspension
- full-swelling
- full-tank
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- full-thickness
- full-thriven
- full-throated
- full-throatedly
- full-throttle
- full-timber
- full-time score
- full-time whistle
- full-timed
- full-timer
- full-toned
- full-top
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- full-tuned
- full-tushed
- full-tusked
- full-uddered
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- full-voice
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