monosyllabled

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

monosyllable +‎ -ed or mono- +‎ syllabled.

Adjective[edit]

monosyllabled (not comparable)

  1. Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
    • 1647, John Cleveland, “Smectymnuus, or the Club-Divines”, in The Character of a London-Diurnall: with Several Select Poem:
      Like to nine tailors, who, if rightly spelled,
      Into one man are monosyllabled.

References[edit]

“monosyllabled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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