monosyllable
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Etymology
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Noun
monosyllable (plural monosyllables)
- A word of one syllable.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:monosyllable.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt
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Coordinate terms
- duosyllable
- trisyllable
- tetrasyllable
- pentasyllable
- sexisyllable
- heptasyllable
- octosyllable
- enneasyllable
- decasyllable
- endecasyllable
- dodecasyllable
- polysyllable
Related terms
Translations
a word of one syllable
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References
- 1811, Lexicon Balatronicum: Monosyllable, a woman's commodity.