Monosyllabicity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Monosyllabicity is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
Meaning
The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
Example Sentences
He was attractive, in a sinister yet compelling way, but taciturn to the point of monosyllabicity.
The monosyllabicity of Chinese morphemes and units of writing has certain advantages in the use of operational synonyms of symbols under varying conditions of use.
It has often been claimed that linguistic evolution leads toward monosyllabicity and that an artificial international language should therefore contain no disyllabic words.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polysyllabicity, monolingualness, disyllabism, sesquisyllabicity, monoargumentality, syllabicness.
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