oligosyllabicadj.

Brit.

/ˌɒlᵻɡə(ʊ)sᵻˈlabɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌɑləɡoʊsəˈlæbɪk/,

/ˈˌoʊləɡoʊsəˈlæbɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oligo- comb. form, syllabic adj.

Etymology: < oligo- comb. form + syllabic adj. Compare Hellenistic Greek ὀλιγοσύλλαβος, having few syllables.

Having few syllables.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having less than four syllables

oligosyllabic1809

1809 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3515 A sentence—made up of as few words and these as oligosyllabic as the old theological definitions of the Schoolmen.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1836) 56 As long a sentence made up of as few words, and those as oligosyllabic, as any I remember.

1907 D. W. Rannie Wordsworth & his Circle 99 His English is much more terse, more nervous, more oligosyllabic, than Scott's.

1996 B. M. Velichkovsky & D. M. Rumbaugh Communicating Meaning 246 The oligosyllabic structure of their language may have helped the scribes to parse affixed words into their syllabic components.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oligosyllabic
释义	oligosyllabicadj. Brit. /ˌɒlᵻɡə(ʊ)sᵻˈlabɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑləɡoʊsəˈlæbɪk/, /ˈˌoʊləɡoʊsəˈlæbɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oligo- comb. form, syllabic adj. Etymology: < oligo- comb. form + syllabic adj. Compare Hellenistic Greek ὀλιγοσύλλαβος, having few syllables. Having few syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having less than four syllables oligosyllabic1809 1809 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3515 A sentence—made up of as few words and these as oligosyllabic as the old theological definitions of the Schoolmen. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1836) 56 As long a sentence made up of as few words, and those as oligosyllabic, as any I remember. 1907 D. W. Rannie Wordsworth & his Circle 99 His English is much more terse, more nervous, more oligosyllabic, than Scott's. 1996 B. M. Velichkovsky & D. M. Rumbaugh Communicating Meaning 246 The oligosyllabic structure of their language may have helped the scribes to parse affixed words into their syllabic components. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1809
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