 | William Render - 1804 - 400 pągines
...sound, which is enunciated by means of a single opening of the mouth. 2. Words, and their Derivation. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas, and contain as many Syllables as there are vowels or diphthongs comprized in them. Words of one syllable... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pągines
...Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable....sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. All words are either primitive or derivative. A derivative word is that which may be reduced to another... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pągines
...articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 348 pągines
...free-dom, false-hood. ORTHOGRAPHY. CHAPTER III. Of WORDS in general, and the RULES for ffielting them, are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1809 - 456 pągines
...expressive of significant sound, simple or compound. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of more than, three syllables,' is called a polysyllable. The last term, however, is frequently... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 322 pągines
...articulate sounds, used by common con- ' sent, as signs of our ideas) ( A word of one syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable) OUl words arc either primitive... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1818 - 158 pągines
...compounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice ; and constitutes a word or part of a word. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. An articulate sound is that of the human voice, formed by 'the organs of speech. PART II. ETYMOLOGY.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 pągines
...articulate sounds, used by com' anon consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivati... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 pągines
...Excrcircs, Tare II. Rule I. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of o;ir ideas. a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of lour or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 pągines
...two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable; and a word of four or jnore syllables, a Polysyllable. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language: as, man, good,... | |
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A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. 
