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From hyper- + monosyllable; coined by the poet Robert Bridges.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A word of multiple syllables, such as "power", when presented (e.g. in poetry) as having only one syllable. Full definition →
From hyper- + monosyllable; coined by the poet Robert Bridges.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.