 | John Comly - 1834 - 226 pàgines
...single impulse of the voice; as man. A syllable is either a word, or part of a word; as but, butter. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable. A...Dissyllable. A word of three syllables, a Trisyllable. And a word of four or mere syllables, a Polysyllable. Spelling is the art of expressing words by their... | |
 | J. W. R. - 1839 - 132 pàgines
...articulate sounds, used, by common consent, as SIGNS of our ideas. 4. 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 : mono means one, dis two, tri three, and poly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 234 pàgines
...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 syllabl,es a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables a polysyllable. All words are either primitive, or derivative.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 110 pàgines
...Jolmso-ja Dictionary U considered the be* rtan |liih Orthography. 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 foyr or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primtthe or derivative.... | |
 | Smith Bartlett Goodenow - 1839 - 156 pàgines
...succession, and used, by common consent, as the sign of some idea. 336. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. 337. It is sometimes required to divide... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1840 - 204 pàgines
...uttered by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or part of a word ; as, a, an, ant. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable ;...a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent as signs of our ideas. Words are of two sorts,... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pàgines
...idea. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, con-grat-u-late. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ,'...syllables, a dissyllable , a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a. polysyllable. OBs. — Mono-syllable is derived... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 pàgines
...4,500 of t, and 6,000 of the letter e. PRINCIPLES OF ETYMOLOGY. OF WORDS AND THEIR DERIVATION. 93. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable. A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable. A word of three syllables is called a Trissyllable. A word of four or more... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1841 - 202 pàgines
...voice, and constituting a word or part of a word ; as, a, an, ant. Л word of one syllable is called n. Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable...a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent as signs of our ideas. Words are of two sorts,... | |
 | Lindley MURRAY - 1841 - 144 pàgines
...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. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced... | |
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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. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is... 
