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monosyllabled

monosyllabled adjective: formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.

Adjective

monosyllabled (not comparable)

  1. Formed 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 of monosyllabled

From monosyllable + -ed or mono- + syllabled.

Questions about monosyllabled

What does monosyllabled mean?
Monosyllabled means formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
What part of speech is monosyllabled?
Monosyllabled is an adjective.

Words near monosyllabled in the dictionary

  1. monosyllabize
  2. monosyllabized
  3. monosyllabizes
  4. monosyllabizing
  5. monosyllable
  6. monosyllabled
  7. monosyllables
  8. monosyllabon
  9. monosyllabons
  10. monosyllogism
  11. monosyllogisms

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