 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1848 - 270 pàgines
...voice ; as, ab, id. A word is either a syllable or a union of syllables; as, mat, mat-ter, mate-ri-al. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ;...trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a poly syllable. Words are either underived, derived, or compounded. The first are called radical or... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 pàgines
...either a word, or such a part of it as is pronounced at once ; as, play, play-ful, play-ful-ness. • '\A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable;...dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; ajA^word of four or more syllables, a, polysyllable. ' RULES FOR SPELLING. Spelling is to be learned... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 pàgines
...some idea. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. 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. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A... | |
 | Alexander G. Collot - 1848 - 262 pàgines
...Vowel. A Syllable is a tt_ , ^, ^, ^;(V>0r simnle or comnound, proA 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 Sentence is an assemblage of Words, forming... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1850 - 358 pàgines
...Syllable in a distinct sound, forming the whole of a word, or so much of it as can be sounded at once. 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 many syllables... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 324 pàgines
...some idea. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. 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. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 170 pàgines
...a word. There are as many syllables in every word as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ;...of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllable, a trisyllable, and a word of more than three syllables, a polysyllable. OP THE VOWELS. A... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1854 - 326 pàgines
...many letters in written language, as are taken together to form onc single sound. (4) A word of ons syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two...dissyllable ; a word of three syllables a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables a polysyllable. (5) The sounds employed in articulate language... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1854 - 120 pàgines
...some idea. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ja word of three syllables, a trissylldble ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable.... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1854 - 176 pàgines
...SYLI^BLE is a letter, or a combination of letters, uttered by one emission of the voice ; as, a, art. ' 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 TRISYLLABLE. A word of four or more... | |
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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... 
