mon|o|tone

mon|o|tone
mon|o|tone «MON uh tohn», noun, adjective, verb, -toned, -ton|ing.
–n.
1. sameness of tone, of style of writing, or of color: »

the annoying blaring monotone of a stuck car horn. Figurative. Its [science's] history is a monotone of endurance and destruction (John Ruskin).

2. a manner of speaking or singing without change of pitch; unvaried sound or repetition of sounds: »

Don't speak in a monotone; use expression.

3. Music. a) a single tone without change of pitch. b) recitative singing, especially of liturgy, in such a tone.
4. a person who sings or speaks in a monotone.
–adj.
continuing on one tone; of one tone, style, or color; monotonous: »

The dark figure of a watchman soldier pacing his weary round through the monotone snow, appeared the only living object (C. P. Smyth).

 SYNONYM(S): uniform.
–v.t., v.i.
to recite in monotone: »

He generally seized the opportunity…to monotone long extracts (Eclectic Magazine).

╂[< Greek monótonos; see etym. under monotonous (Cf. ↑monotonous)]

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