| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pągines
...CHAPTER- III. , t Of WORDS in general, and the RULES for spelling them. 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. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common... | |
| 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... | |
| 1818 - 254 pągines
...regard to the accent, eg venom is divided veu-om, not ve-nom ; the accent being'on. the first syllable. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; words of three syllables are termed trisyllables ; and words of many syllables, polysyllables. OF... | |
| 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 - 1823 - 716 pągines
...Exercises, Part II. Rule 1. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllabic ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive... | |
| Charles M. Ingersoll - 1825 - 298 pągines
...articulate sounds, used by common content, 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. All words are either primitive... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pągines
...articulate sounds, used by common con *ent, 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 syl tables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either... | |
| Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pągines
...peculiar adaptation of the French dialect to conversation, a perfection possest to the exclusion A.4wd of one syllable is called a monosyllable. A .word of two syllables is called a dissyllable. A word of three syllables is called a trisyllable. A word of four syllables... | |
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