 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 148 pągines
...our ideas. Q.. What is a word of one, two, three, four, or more syllables respectively called ? A. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a...dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; aud a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. Q. What is a primitive word ? A. A primitive... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 242 pągines
...A syllable is a distinct sound, uttered by a single impulse of the voice ; as, a,, an, ant. A Avord of one syllable, is termed a Monosyllable ; a word...Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. III. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas.... | |
 | J. W. R. - 1839 - 132 pągines
...letters. WORDS. 3. WORDS are articulate sounds, used, by common consent, as SIGNS of our ideas. 4. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ;...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 pągines
...goodness, free-dom, false-hood. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; 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 pągines
...consent, as signs of our ideas. B0. *Di. Jolmso-ja Dictionary U considered the be* rtan |liih Orthography. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ;...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 pągines
...syllable, or more, pronounced in succession, and used, by common consent, as the sign of some idea. 336. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ;...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... | |
 | John Comly - 1834 - 226 pągines
...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 word of two syllables, 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... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1839 - 142 pągines
...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 ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1840 - 204 pągines
...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 two syllables, a Dissyllable...Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent as signs of our ideas. Words are... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pągines
...many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, con-grat-u-late. A word of one syllable is called 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. OBs. — Mono-syllable is derived... | |
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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... 
