monosyllabon
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monosyllable — noun Etymology: modification of Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French monosyllabe, from Late Latin monosyllabon, from Greek, from neuter of monosyllabos having one syllable, from mon + syllabē syllable Date: 1533 a word of one syllable … New Collegiate Dictionary
monosyllabic — monosyllabically, adv. monosyllabicity /mon euh sil euh bis i tee/, n. /mon euh si lab ik/, adj. 1. having only one syllable, as the word no. 2. having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words. 3. very brief; terse… … Universalium
BALLISTIA seu BALLISTEA — apud Flav. Vopisc. in Aureliano, c. 6. Refert Theoclius Aurelianum manu suâ bellô Sarmaticô unô die quadraginta et octo interfecisse: plurtmis autem et diversis diebus ultra nongentos quinquaginta: adeo ut etiam Balistea pueri et saltatiunculas… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
PHILOXENUS — I. PHILOXENUS Alexandri M. per loniam, praefectus. Polyaen. l. 6. c. 49. II. PHILOXENUS Athenis quidam mollis et aliorum pellex. Vide Schol. in Aristoph. Vespas. III. PHILOXENUS Consulcum Probo, An. Urb. Cond. 1278. IV. PHILOXENUS Cythereus,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
monosyllable — /ˈmɒnəsɪləbəl / (say monuhsiluhbuhl) noun a word of one syllable, as yes and no. {mono + syllable. Compare Latin monosyllabon, from Greek} …
