Meanings
adjectivemonosyllabled (not comparable)
- not comparableFormed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
Like to nine tailors, who, if rightly spelled, Into one man are monosyllabled.
1647, John Cleveland, “Smectymnuus, or the Club-Divines”, in The Character of a London-Diurnall: with Several Select Poem
Origin
From monosyllable + -ed or mono- + syllabled.
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monosyllabled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monosyllabled
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