 | Henry Kiddle - 1889 - 186 pàgines
...particular names according to the number of syllables which they contain. 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, &jjolysyllable. Mono means one ; dis, two ; tri, three ; and... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1865 - 182 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... | |
 | Roelof van der Pijl - 1893 - 372 pàgines
...impulse of the voice, and constituting a word, or a part of a word. A word of one syllable is named a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a polysyllable. ,, THE DUTCH PRONUNCIATION. General observations on the sound of the letters. Of the... | |
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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... 
