 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1868 - 186 pàgines
...syllables, significant of some thought, or idea ; as, house, manly. A word of one syllable is called a MONOSYLLABLE, a word of two syllables, a DISSYLLABLE,...a TRISYLLABLE, a word of four or more syllables, a POLYSYLLABLE. A PRIMITIVE WORD is one derived from no other word; as,fear. A DERIVATIVE "WORD is one... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1868 - 608 pàgines
...call human utterances to distinguish them from ordinary sounds.* (4) 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. (5) The sounds employed in articulate language... | |
 | William Bingham - 1870 - 404 pàgines
...word has as many syllables as it has vowels or diphthongs: as, ma-re. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of more than two, a polysyllable. The last syllable of a word is called the ultimate; the next to the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1871 - 136 pàgines
...SYLLABLE is a distinct sound, uttered by a single impulse of the voice. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a. word of two syllables a dissyllable ; a word of three a 77- • and a word of four or more syllables, a • least part in a ; which are diviperfectly sounded... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1874 - 596 pàgines
...call human utterances to distinguish them from ordinary sounds,* (4) 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. (5) The sounds employed in articulate language... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1874 - 142 pàgines
...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 trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 1124 pàgines
...distinct sounds, or separate impulses of the voice ; 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 trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. Every vowel, except w, may form... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1882 - 168 pàgines
...one or more syllables spoken or written as the sign of some idea. 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. V LETTERS AND SYLLABLES CLASSIFIED. The letters... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1883 - 164 pàgines
...one or more syllables spoken or written as the sign of some idea. 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. V .— LETTERS AND SYLLABLES CLASSIFIED. The... | |
 | 1888 - 748 pàgines
...uttered with one impulse of the voice; as: a, ant, mat-ter, mate-ri-al. 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. In dividing words into syllables, we are to be... | |
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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... 
