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MONOSYLLABLE

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mon⋅o⋅syl⋅la⋅ble

  [mon-uh-sil-uh-buhl]
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–noun
a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
Origin:
1525–35; mono- + syllable
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mon·o·syl·la·ble   (mŏn'ə-sĭl'ə-bəl)   
n.  A word or an utterance of one syllable.

[From Latin monosyllabum, from Greek monosullabon : mono-, mono- + sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]
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monosyllable 
1533, from L. monosyllabus "of one syllable," from Gk. monosyllabos, from monos "single, alone" + syllabe "syllable." Monosyllabic, of persons, attested from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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